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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Wood And Of Products Of Wood And Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture Of Articles Of Straw And Plaiting Materials 16.10 - Sawmilling and planing of wood
147 jobs Number of planned job losses
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.
Eurofound (2019), IKEA Industry Poland, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 99159, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99159.
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