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 Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.51 - Manufacture of electric domestic appliances
345 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 February 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The electrical appliance manufacturing company JP Industries announced a restructuring plan entailing 345 redundancies and the closure of the two Merloni sites in Fabriano (in the Marche region) and Colle Nocera (in Umbria). According to the plan, production will be carried out only at the other Fabriano site and the remaining 248 workers (out of a total of 593 currently employed by the company) will be hired by a new-co.
The trade unions deemed the announcement unacceptable and asked the government to intervene.
Eurofound (2020), JP Industries, Closure in Italy, factsheet number 99797, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99797.
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