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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Textiles 13.30 - Finishing Of Textiles
545 - 550 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 July 2024
Employment effect (start)
14 July 2024
Foreseen end date
16 August 2024
Description
After 106 years of production, the biggest Croatian textile company Varteks, is in the process of bankruptcy and has laid off 550 workers. In early May 2024, workers at this company went on strike over overdue salaries. They ceased their industrial action on 14 May after they were provided with guarantees that they would get their late wages and a deal was made between the new management, shareholders, and the relevant trade unions. Unaudited data for 2023 show that Varteks operated at a loss of €4.43 million, while in 2022 its losses amounted to €3.1 million. In late May 2024, the company reported that it had presented a plan for the stabilization of its business operations to Zagrebačka Banka and the Croatian Reconstruction and Development Bank (HBOR), making an offer that would enable it to obtain fresh money through recapitalization and new loans for production and the payment of due liabilities. However, the offer was turned down.
At the end of 2023, the company had 633 employees, but now it has around 550.
Eurofound (2024), Varteks , Bankruptcy in Croatia, factsheet number 201371, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201371.
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