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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Basic Pharmaceutical Products And Pharmaceutical Preparations 21.2 - Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
201 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 August 2019
Employment effect (start)
15 August 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
Grünenthal, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, and the works council announced that 200 jobs will be cut the Aachen plant; according to management, the internal restructuring reacts to market changes which make it increasingly difficult to produce a variety of pharmaceutical products and is forcing Grünenthal to focus its future operations on biotechnology only. The precise number of job cuts was released after management and the works council finished negotiations. Direct dismissals shall be avoided; the workers shall leave voluntarily or via partial retirement. A precise time line has not been given.
Sources
14 August 2019: Westdeutscher Rundfunk ()
Citation
Eurofound (2019), Grünenthal, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 98296, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98296.
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