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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20.41 - Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations
1,100 - 1,200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 October 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2015
Foreseen end date
31 March 2016
Description
Henkel, a German consumer goods company, will cut around 1,200 jobs worldwide within its adhesive division as a result of slow business growth. Around 100 of these jobs will be cut across Germany although no compulsory redundancies are to be made. In addition, about 500-600 jobs will be cut in Asia, 200 jobs in North America and 250 jobs in Europe except Germany.
The turnover of the adhesive division of Henkel has grown slowly in the second quarter 2015. Nevertheless, according to the company's CEO, the company wants to accelerate its austerity program. The process was originally planned to last until the end of 2016. According to latest reports, the programme will be realised by the end of March 2016.
Currently, around 50,200 employees are working at Henkel worldwide of which about 27,000 in its adhesives division.
Sources
1 October 2015: Wirtschaftswoche Online
1 October 2015: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung Online
1 October 2015: Focus Online
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Henkel, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 85148, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/85148.
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