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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.95 - Manufacture of machinery for paper and paperboard production
108 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 December 2015
Employment effect (start)
6 December 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
Over Meccanica, a manufacturer of paper machines, is to dismiss about 108 employees at its plant in Verona.
The company has been facing a long period of financial crisis culminated with the bankruptcy issued by the Tribunal of Verona in Verona in May 2014. Nevertheless, the company has been authorised to continue production since then as a number of potential investors showed interest in the site.
On 30 November 2015, a contract was eventually signed selling the company to new proprietors, including some former managers of the company.
The new firm, OverMade, will ensure employment only for 10 workers, as it will focus on the design and trading of paper machines while outsourcing production to partner companies. The other 108 workers will be dismissed and possibly hired back over the next two years, possibly by subcontractors.
Unions complained that long negotiations have come to meagre results, as most workers lost their job.
Sources
13 May 2014: Verona Sera
8 July 2015: L'Arena
1 December 2015: L'Arena
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Over Meccanica, Bankruptcy in Italy, factsheet number 91323, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91323.
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