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 Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 November 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Bumar Łabędy, the Polish manufacturer of arms, has announced that it is to cut 150 jobs at its tank factory in Gliwice. 3,500 are currently employed at the Gliwice plant, and the firm has stated that the job losses are due to declining customer orders. As of November 2007, there is no information on when the job losses will be implemented by.
Sources
5 November 2007: Puls Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Bumar Łabędy, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 66047, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66047.
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