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European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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Air Liquide, a French chemical group that specialises in industrial gases, announced a plan to cut roughly 100 jobs at its Belgian sites. The restructuring targets its industrial and medical divisions and will affect employees in Belgium, with sites in Zaventem, Zemst, Baudour, Seraing and Milmort.
The company said the cuts are driven by competitive pressures, a rapidly changing European market and the need for modernisation of its facilities.
Of the 100 positions slated for elimination, about 60 will come from the industrial division and around 30 from the medical division.
Air Liquide employs more than 66 000 people worldwide and about 700 staff at its Belgian sites, meaning the announced cuts would remove roughly 14 percent of the Belgian workforce; the remaining Belgian facilities are expected to stay open.
Eurofound (2025), Air Liquide, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 204014, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/204014.