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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.82 - Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery
235 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
9 May 2022
Employment effect (start)
9 May 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
Swedish confectionery and nuts company Cloetta is cutting 350 positions due to the closure of two factories, one in Roseendaal and one in Belgium. 115 jobs will be cut in Belgium and 235 in the Netherlands (Roseendaal). The factories are closed as the company plans to open a new factory in the Netherlands, which should provide most employees made redundant with a new job. The new factory should help increase the company's profit, modernise processes, and reduce the C02 emissions. It will start to be built in 2023 and should be fully operational in 2026. If the employees will stay employed in the meantime is unclear. Cloetta is currently in conversation with the European Works Council and local unions regarding the situation.
Cloetta is a Swedish confectionery and nuts company selling local brands, primarily in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany and the UK.
Eurofound (2022), Cloetta, Closure in Netherlands, factsheet number 106799, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106799.
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