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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.4 - Manufacture of games and toys
120 - 200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 March 2006
Employment effect (start)
31 March 2006
Foreseen end date
31 March 2007
Description
Smoby is a French company that specializes in the creation, development, production and distribution of toys. Its products are marketed under such brand names as Cotoons, Smoby Baby, Smoby Players, Activity, Ar'home, miniTefal, Lilou, Star Party, Smoby Pilot, Beauty Party, Medical+, Cookit Hobby, Masters, Maxinature and Maxiroad.The Company's products are sold worldwide through a network of 15 subsidiaries, with 65% of its revenue generated by the export department.
Eurofound (2006), Smoby, Closure in France, factsheet number 63229, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63229.
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