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Manufacturing (20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
500 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 November 2008
Employment effect (start)
4 November 2008
Foreseen end date
Description
Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea, Romanian chemical products company, announced at the beginning of November, collective dismissals for about 500 employees.
The reason is the decrease of the production caused by the international financial crisis.
In present the company has 4,800 employees.
Sources
13 December 2008: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea, Internal restructuring in Romania, factsheet number 67557, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67557.