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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20.4 - Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations
280 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 February 2020
Employment effect (start)
26 February 2020
Foreseen end date
1 January 2023
Description
The German cosmetics company Beiersdorf announced plans to relocate the production of its brand Florena and to close the manufacturing plant in Waldheim, county Saxony, unto 2023 which will affect 280 jobs. Simultaneously, Beiersdorf group is building a new plant in Seehausen, in the county of Saxony-Anhalt, where the production will continue. The company will offer all 280 employees a job at the new plant. For employees, which will not be able to relocate, Beiersdorf will develop individual solutions. According to management, technical difficulties excluded the possibility of building the new plant at the company’s site in Waldheim.
26 February 2020: Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (online) (www.mdr.de)
Citation
Eurofound (2020), Beiersdorf, Relocation in Germany, factsheet number 100067, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/100067.
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