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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31.02 - Manufacture of kitchen furniture
170 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 July 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Muebles Xey, specialised in the manufacturing of kitchen and bathroom furniture, has begun a liquidation process and announced the dismissal of its entire workforce (170 workers). The company has been under an insolvency procedure since 1 June. The workers started an indefinite strike on 3 July claiming that the company remained viable.
However, the insolvency administrator justified the decision to permanently close the company by noting that company debt equals €30 million. 70% of the company shares are owned by private companies and the remaining 30% belong to the Basque Country government. Bearing this in mind, the works council of the company has requested a meeting with the Department of Development and Competition of the Basque Country government as it appears that the Basque Country government would be interested in searching for investors to avoid the closure.
Sources
7 July 2017: Cinco Días
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Muebles Xey, Closure in Spain, factsheet number 91645, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91645.
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