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 (13 - 15) Manufacture of textiles, apparel and leather 13 - Manufacture of textiles 13 - Manufacture of textiles
New offshoring locations
Italy
160 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 July 2005
Employment effect (start)
31 December 2005
Foreseen end date
31 December 2005
Description
Fashion group Jil Sander has announced the closure of its factory in Hamburg. Production will be transferred to subcontractors in Italy. The closure is part of a cost cutting programme designed to bring the company back into the black in 2006. The company is working on a redundancy programme with the employees` representatives.
Sources
20 July 2005: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Jil Sander, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 61943, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61943.