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 Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.52 - Manufacture of ice cream
490 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 November 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Cogesal-Mikos, the ice cream producer and subsidiary of the consumer goods multi-national Unilever, has announced that it is to close its site in Saint-Dizier with the loss of 490 jobs. The closure of the site will be implemented between January and December 2008. According to preliminary reports, 236 of the affected employees will be offered jobs in other areas of the group.
Sources
15 November 2007: Le Monde
15 November 2007: Les Echos
15 November 2007: La Tribune
14 November 2007: AFP
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Cogesal-Miko, Closure in France, factsheet number 66013, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66013.
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