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.
Provider of cargo handling equipment Kalmar, subsidiary of Cargotec, has announced that it will create 200 new jobs at its unit in Stargard. The job creation is due to the transfer of production of forklift trucks from Sweden to Poland; the production will be transferred to Poland within two years. The restructuring programme is associated with the company’s plan to consolidate its assembly facilities in Europe; the programme aims to improve financial and organisational effectiveness of the company.
Kalmar provides cargo handling solutions and services to ports, terminals, distribution centres and heavy industry. The company operates in over 120 countries and has 18 factories employing 11,000 people worldwide. Kalmar has been operating in Poland since 2009. Currently, the company employs 320 people at the plant in Stargard.
Eurofound (2016), Kalmar, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 86951, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/86951.
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