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 Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25.21 - Manufacture of central heating radiators and boilers
New offshoring locations
Germany, Poland
107 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 November 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
Radiator factory Brugman in Tubbergen will close next year. It is part of the Swiss Arbonia Group. Production will move to sister companies’ sites in Germany and Poland. As a result, all 107 permanent employees will lose their jobs. Production will continue until at least October 2022. The radiator market in the Netherlands has been shrinking by half over the past decade.
Brugman is a radiator factory that has been operating in the Netherlands for 50 years. The company sells primarily in the Benelux. Swiss Arbonia Group has branches in France, Scandinavia, Germany, and Poland, among other countries.
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