Type
Closure
Country
Germany
Region
Bayern; Oberpfalz; Amberg-Sulzbach
Location of affected unit(s)
Schnaittenbach
Sector
Mining / Quarrying
Mining And Quarrying
Other Mining And Quarrying
08 - Other mining and quarrying

200 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
30 May 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2007
Foreseen end date
30 June 2008

Description

Amberger Kaolinwerke Eduard Kick has announced that it will close and pull down its kaolin processing facility in Schnaittenbach, because there are significant deposits of kaolin underneath it. These deposits shall be extracted in the future, processing will be concentrated in a factory in neighbouring Hirschau. Management did not give a concrete time table, restructuring was announced to be carried out by 2008.


Sources

  • 31 May 2005: Oberpfalznetz

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Amberger Kaolinwerke Eduard Kick, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 61703, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61703.