Vion

Type
Closure
Country
Germany
Region
Niedersachsen; Weser-Ems; Emsland
Location of affected unit(s)
Lingen
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
10.11 - Processing and preserving of meat, except of poultry meat
100 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
5 March 2014
Employment effect (start)
5 March 2014
Foreseen end date
30 April 2014

Description

Dutch food company Vion will close its slaughterhouse in Lingen (Lower Saxony) and thus make 100 people redundant by the end of April 2014. This is due to decreased utilization.

Since 2008, production decreased by 30 percent, so the slaughterhouse suffers from losses. The closure includes the redundancy of 170 temporary agency workers. Vion will offer positions in other sites, for example in nearby Emstek (Lower Saxony).

The ERM reported on a previous restructuring at Vion in Germany in 2012.

Sources

  • 5 March 2014: VION (Press Release)
  • 5 March 2014: Lingener Tagespost

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Vion, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 76689, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76689.