The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Région Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijke Gewest;
Location of affected unit(s)
Brussels
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.83 - Processing of tea and coffee
New offshoring locations
Poland
126 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
28 March 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
Unilever, a multinational producer of food-, care- and cleaning products has announced it will be relocating the tea producing facility located in Brussels to Poland (Katowice) in an effort to centralise production on the European mainland. According to the company management this will increase the flexibility of the facility. Talks with the trade unions have started, further information will be provided and the number and types of dismissals will be negotiated.
Eurofound (2019), Unilever, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Belgium, factsheet number 97479, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97479.
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