SCA

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Baden-Württemberg; Karlsruhe; Mannheim, Stadtkreis
Location of affected unit(s)
Mannheim
Sector
Manufacturing
(16 - 17) Manufacture of wood and paper materials
17.2 - Manufacture of articles of paper and paperboard
17.22 - Manufacture of household and sanitary goods and of toilet requisites
110 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
30 October 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2015
Foreseen end date
31 March 2015

Description

SCA, a German producer of hygienic paper, will discontinue the production of packaging papers and special papers in Mannheim. As announced on 30 October 2014, the measure will affect 110 of a total of 2,000 employees. Production is to be ceased within the first quarter of 2015.

The CEO said the company would try to offer jobs at other sites of SCA to the affected staff. In the future, the company will exclusively focus on the production and marketing of hygiene papers its site in Mannheim.    

Sources

  • 30 October 2014: morgenweb

Citation

Eurofound (2014), SCA, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 77794, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77794.