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 Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20.4 - Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations
New offshoring locations
Sweden, Switzerland
170 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 February 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
On 13 February 2007, the management of the Swedish group Oriflame Cosmetics, specialised in catalogue selling of cosmetic products, announced its plans to close the sites in Waterloo, Belgium, and in Malmö, Sweden. 170 jobs are threatened in Belgium where the product development, logistics, sales support and financial departments are settled. The group intends to expand its logistic centres in Poland and Russia and to transfer most of its activities to Stockholm (Sweden) and Fribourg (Switzerland). The aim is to improve its profitability and to become the world leader in catalogue selling of cosmetic products. There is currently no employee representative at the company as no candidate stood at the last elections. However, in these circumstances the consultation process in Belgium allows the workers to call in an official union's representative to negotiate with the management.
Sources
17 February 2007: La Libre Belgique
21 February 2007: Le Soir
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Oriflame Cosmetics, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Belgium, factsheet number 64972, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64972.
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