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 Basic Pharmaceutical Products And Pharmaceutical Preparations 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
102 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
15 May 2007
Employment effect (start)
3 September 2007
Foreseen end date
Description
In March 2007, Bayer Health Care division - which develops, manufactures and sells products for disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment - announced a reorganisation plan following the merger with the Schering group acquired by Bayer in September 2006. The plan regards a cut in the number of plants throughout the world with the consequent loss of 6,100 jobs. Bayer has seven plants and around 2,000 employees in Italy and in May 2007 it announced the closure of the factory located in Rosia (in the province of Siena), with the consequent loss of 102 jobs. The trade unions and the local authorities are demanding the involvement of the national authorities in order to convince the company to change its decision and to consider the possibility to invest in R&D in its Italian units.
Sources
16 May 2007: Il Diario del lavoro
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Bayer, Closure in Italy, factsheet number 65370, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65370.
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