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 Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.82 - Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
25 March 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Scandinavian Cloetta Fazer is to close sweets factory in Gdańsk (Pomorskie). Company's management declared that the factory generates losses due to very weak market position and fierce price competition. According to the workers, the plant produces the same assortment than the factories in Sweden and Finland. Despite low production costs in Gdańsk, the factory is to be closed, as the management doesn't have to take into consideration opinion of Polish government and unions, whereas it has to maintain good reputation in Scandinavian countries.
Sources
25 March 2005: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Cloetta Fazer, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 61312, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61312.
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