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 Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23.51 - Manufacture of cement
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 November 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
Cemex Polska, a cement and concrete producer, plans to cut 250 jobs by the end of 2009. The job losses will affect all of the company’s production facilities – the large factories in Rudniki by Częstochowa and in Chełmno. This restructuring will have repercussions in terms of job losses for other 40 smaller concrete makers around Poland. Cemex has been decreasing production in response to falling demand. The company currently employs 1,700.
Sources
19 November 2008: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Cemex Polska, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 67447, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67447.
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