Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
Kingfa, a manufacturer and supplier of biodegradable granulate, will open a factory in Szprotawa where it will initially employ 100 and eventually 400 people. The new factory will produce biodegradable plastic granulate, which is used in the white goods, automotive and electronics industries, and will also create a research and development centre for the production of new technologies. This will be the company's second plant in Europe. It is scheduled to open between 2024 and 2025. Production and research staff (at the science centre) will be employed. Kingfa is a Chinese manufacturer of modified plastics, special engineering plastic, fine chemical materials, biodegradable materials, wood plastic composites, carbon fiber, composite materials and other products, founded in 1993.
Eurofound (2024), Kingfa , Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 200929, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/200929.
Eurofound’s ERM restructuring legislation database offers an overview of key restructuring-related regulations in the EU Member States and Norway. Its content is continuously updated to reflect any changes made by national legislators in response to, for instance, policy shifts, legal...
Can Europe still achieve its ambitions for battery manufacturing? To answer this, the article looks at data from Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor and explores what recent large-scale restructuring events reveal about the state of play in the EU battery sector.
This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
This Eurofound research paper explores key trends in restructuring in recent years, highlighting the companies that announced the largest job losses and job gains in the EU. It builds on an analysis of company announcements recorded in Eurofound’s European Restructuring...
In 2023, thousands of workers in big tech lost their jobs. Meta, Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Salesforce had been considered to offer good and secure jobs up to this point. Giants of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector,...
In 2024, the automotive sector in the EU came to the fore in public and policy discussions. The focus was on the slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) sales, rising global competition, belated investments in new technologies, and the potential closure...
