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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Textiles 13.20 - Weaving of textiles
310 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
15 October 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 May 2015
Description
Manifattura Valle Brembana, a textile firm located in Zogno (Bergamo), is to close and lay off its 310 employees. The affected workers are mainly women aged between 40 and 45 years.
The company has been declared bankrupt by the Tribunal of Bergamo, following an 9-year long crisis and an intensive use of short-time working schemes.
Unions called public authorities to take action and wish investors interested in purchasing the plant will be found.
Sources
30 September 2013: Bergamo News
15 October 2014: BergamoNews
15 October 2014: L'Eco di Bergamo
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Manifattura Valle Brembana, Bankruptcy in Italy, factsheet number 91321, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91321.
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