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 (20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
New offshoring locations
Belgium, United Kingdom
102 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
6 July 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
On 6 July 2007 the British chemical company Ineos Group Ltd announced plans to cut 102 jobs between October 2007 and December 2008 in its French unit in Sarralbe, in the east of France. The management presented the reorganisation plan at the works council meeting. The plan regards stopping the production of polypropylene in Sarralbe and transferring that activity to its factories in Geel (Belgium) and Grangemouth (Scotland).
Sources
6 July 2007: Usine Nouvelle
10 July 2007: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Ineos, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 65587, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/65587.