Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Finnish manufacturer of roofs for cabriolets Valmet will close its production plant in Osnabrück by 2017 which will make 230 out of 330 employees redundant. As announced on 2 June 2014, production shall be relocated to the company’s plant in Zary (Poland). According to the company, the job cuts are due to a declining demand in the cabriolet market.
In 2010, Valmet acquired the plant in Osnabrück from insolvent German manufacturer Karmann. According to the management, 100 of the around 330 jobs in Osnabrück shall be sustained in the departments of development, construction of prototypes and sales. The trade union IG Metall fears that the plant closure might take place prior to 2017.
In 2013, Valmet had already cut 80 jobs in Osnabrück. Valmet operates across 30 countries and currently employs around 11,000 people.
Eurofound (2014), Valmet, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 77293, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77293.
Eurofound’s ERM restructuring legislation database offers an overview of key restructuring-related regulations in the EU Member States and Norway. Its content is continuously updated to reflect any changes made by national legislators in response to, for instance, policy shifts, legal...
Can Europe still achieve its ambitions for battery manufacturing? To answer this, the article looks at data from Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor and explores what recent large-scale restructuring events reveal about the state of play in the EU battery sector.
This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
This Eurofound research paper explores key trends in restructuring in recent years, highlighting the companies that announced the largest job losses and job gains in the EU. It builds on an analysis of company announcements recorded in Eurofound’s European Restructuring...
In 2023, thousands of workers in big tech lost their jobs. Meta, Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Salesforce had been considered to offer good and secure jobs up to this point. Giants of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector,...
In 2024, the automotive sector in the EU came to the fore in public and policy discussions. The focus was on the slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) sales, rising global competition, belated investments in new technologies, and the potential closure...
