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Manufacturing (12) Manufacture of tobacco products 12 - Manufacture of tobacco products 12 - Manufacture of tobacco products
60 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 March 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
60 jobs will be shed out of the 310 employees at the production site of Joure. Imperial manufactures tobacco under the brands Drum and Van Nelle . The reason invoked for the restructuring is that the market for hand rolling tobacco is weakening.
Sources
20 March 2001: Het Financieele Dagblad
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Imperial, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 61329, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61329.