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 Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Wood And Of Products Of Wood And Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture Of Articles Of Straw And Plaiting Materials 16 - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
New offshoring locations
Poland
140 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 September 2005
Employment effect (start)
31 July 2006
Foreseen end date
31 July 2006
Description
The parquet floor company Tarkett will close down its production unit in Broby, where some 120 workers are employed, and cut 20 jobs at its plant in Hanaskog. Only a logistics unit with 13 workers will be maintained in Broby. Other activities will be relocated in Poland.
Eurofound (2005), Tarkett, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Sweden, factsheet number 62245, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62245.
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