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.
West Midlands; Herefordshire; Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Hereford
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.22 - Manufacture of plastic packing goods
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 August 2007
Employment effect (start)
21 November 2007
Foreseen end date
Description
RPC Containers, a firm that manufactures plastic packaging and is part of the RPC Group, is to close its plant in Hereford with the loss of 150 jobs. The firm has stated that it is not possible for the factory to make a profit. The work carried out at the Hereford site will be transferred to the 12 other sites that the RPC Group operates in Europe and the U.S. The site, based in the Rotherwas Industrial Estate in Hereford, will close in November 2007 following a 90 day consultation period.
Sources
21 August 2007: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2007), RPC Containers, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 65720, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65720.
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