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
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
3 December 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 March 2009
Description
Chemlon, a Slovak manufacturer of polyamide fibres in Humenne, has revised the number of employees to be dismissed to 150. The announcement, made in January 2009, follows its original announcement that it would dismiss 200 employees by the end of March 2009. Most of the employees to be made redundant are blue-collar workers. The company has attributed the job cuts to to the decline of some branches of the industry, e.g. tyre production.
Eurofound (2008), Chemlon, Internal restructuring in Slovakia, factsheet number 67610, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67610.
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