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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.21 - Manufacture of plastic plates, sheets, tubes and profiles
New offshoring locations
Poland
92 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 September 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Viskase France, a company specialised in the manufacture and distribution of cellulosic casings and plastic films for the food industry, has announced the 92 job cuts out of a total workforce of 275 employees in its site at Thaon-les-Vosges (Vosges). The management has presented to the Central Works Council an employment safeguard plan, which will affect about a third of the workforce. The reorganisation will lead to the transfer of part of the activity to Poland, where the labour costs are much cheaper. The employees have stopped their work immedialty after the announcement.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Viskase France, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 95492, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95492.
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