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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.5 - Manufacture of dairy products
220 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
6 June 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2019
Foreseen end date
30 March 2019
Description
As announced on 6 June 2018, the Dutch diary firm Friesland Campina will be closing its plant in Gütersloh in spring 2019, which will result in the loss of 220 jobs. The plant in Gütersloh has been posting losses of €11 million annually for several years. Consequences such as a massive job reduction were expected, but employees and works council had hoped to avert a closure. However, FrieslandCampina rejected all proposals.
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Sources
6 June 2018: Neue Westfälische (online)
6 June 2018: Die Glocke (online)
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Friesland Campina, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 94440, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94440.
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