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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.83 - Processing of tea and coffee
New offshoring locations
Netherlands, Poland, Germany
274 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
15 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2016
Foreseen end date
1 January 2017
Description
Douwe Egberts, a Dutch coffee producer has announced the closure of its production facility in Grimbergen, Belgium. In total 274 are at risk of losing their job, both blue and white collar workers. The production capabilities of the facility will be transferred to other European countries including the Netherlands, Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. Some of the administrative and retail services will however remain on location. The main reasoning behind the offshoring is to reduce overcapacity. In 2014 cost reducing measures were already introduced by halting production at weekends.
Sources
15 September 2016: De Standaard
15 September 2016: De Tijd
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Belgium, factsheet number 88595, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88595.
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