IKEA Industry Poland

Type
Closure
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion północno-zachodni; Zachodniopomorskie; Szczeciński
Location of affected unit(s)
Chociwel
Sector
Manufacturing
(16 - 17) Manufacture of wood and paper materials
16.1 - Sawmilling and planing of wood; processing and finishing of wood
16.1 - Sawmilling and planing of wood; processing and finishing of wood
147 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
13 November 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2020

Description

Furniture manufacturing company IKEA Industry Poland announced plans to liquidate its assets from the sawmill in Chociwel. The closure is planned to be effective by mid-2020. As a result, 147 employees are expected to lose their jobs. The company revealed that the sawmill is not profitable and it will source wooden components from other units.

A subsidiary of Inter IKEA Group, the company is the biggest manufacturer of furniture in the world. It owns 43 factories in nine countries, with an overall workforce of around 20,000 employees. In Poland, the company employs nearly 10,000 people in the 20 production sites, spread over 10 locations.

Sources

  • 15 November 2019: Strefa Biznesu (gs24.pl)

Citation

Eurofound (2019), IKEA Industry Poland, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 99159, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/99159.