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 Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
European Globalisation Fund (EGF)
Year: 2010, Case number: 13
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 September 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The Stalowa Wola steel mill - Huta Stalowa Wola - has recently posted a PLN 20 million loss, and plans to cut some 300 jobs out of a current workforce of 2,600. As of September 2008, there is no information on when the job losses will be implemented by. Stalowa Wola is the largest state-owned producer of construction equipment and military hardware in the Podkarpacie region.
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