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 Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
240 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 January 2003
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2003
Foreseen end date
Description
GE Plastics is a leading global manufacturer and distributor of plastics resins and plastics shapes used in a number of key industries including automotive, computers, telecommunications, appliances, optical media, packaging, and building and construction. In Bergen op Zoom 170 dismissals from which 130 direct. The site of Amsterdam (GE Plastics ABS) is closed, 70 dismissals.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2003), GE Plastics, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 59183, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/59183.
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