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 (20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals 20.1 - Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms 20.11 - Manufacture of industrial gases
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 November 2025
Employment effect (start)
21 November 2025
Foreseen end date
Description
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.
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