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 Paper And Paper Products 17 - Manufacture of paper and paper products
New offshoring locations
Belgium
134 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 September 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Imperial Tobacco has said it is closing its Rizla rolling paper factory in Treforest, south Wales, with the loss of 134 jobs. Rizla and other Imperial brands make up about 75% of the British rolling-paper market. The Treforest plant, opened in 1940, ran at close to its 25 billion leaf capacity in 2005. But Imperial believes it can save £3 million a year by shifting production to a larger, under-used factory in Wilrijk, Belgium, which can produce 66 billion leaves. The Belgian site will be the world's sole Rizla plant.
Sources
30 September 2005: The Guardian
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Rizla, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 62324, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62324.
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