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 Chemicals And Chemical Products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
600 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 June 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Elana of Toruń, Poland’s largest producer of polyesters and polymers, has embarked on a programme of collective redundancies geared at cutting 600 jobs out of a current workforce of 1,500. As of June 2008, there is no information when the job losses will be implemented by. The company, a member of the Boryszew corporate group, has been struggling in the face of competition by producers from Asia and from other Central European countries.
Sources
26 June 2008: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Elana, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 66777, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66777.
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