Schering-Plough

Type
Closure
Country
France
Region
Normandie; Basse-Normandie ; Calvados
Location of affected unit(s)
Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Sector
Manufacturing
(20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
21.10 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products
83 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
25 June 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015

Description

The management of US pharmaceutical group Schering-Plough has announced to its Works council, its intention to sell its site at Hérouville Saint-Clair (383 employees) and to cut 83 positions by December 2015. In 2011, about 100 jobs has been cut at this site after Merck acquired Schering-Plough. The management is looking for a company to take over the site.

Sources

  • 25 June 2015: Normandie Actu

Citation

Eurofound (2015), Schering-Plough, Closure in France, factsheet number 83851, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/83851.