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, Printing And Reproduction Of Recorded Media Printing And Reproduction Of Recorded Media 18.2 - Reproduction of recorded media
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 February 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
It has been announced that 100 workers at Zomax's plant at Santry in north Dublin have been warned that their jobs could go because a major contract is not being renewed. Zomax, an American multinational employing 255 workers in Santry and Blanchardstown, confirmed to its workforce that some staff would be put on protective notice. Zomax is involved in the manufacture and distribution of products such as CDs and printing materials, which are outsourced by other multinationals.
Sources
14 February 2007: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Zomax, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 65055, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65055.
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