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 Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
275 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 November 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2009
Foreseen end date
30 June 2009
Description
Due to a decrease in orders, the doors' manufacturer Swedoor, recently renamed Jeld-Wen, which is part of the Japanese group JELD-WEN Door Solutions, needs to lay off 275 employees. The company recently implemented a savings' plan including staff cuttings, but the notice is also due to the weakening market for house-building. The job cuttings are expected to be carried out in the first half of 2009. Negotiations with the trade unions were over in mid-December.
Swedoor is one of the largest suppliers of doors and door solutions in Sweden. They have approximately 275 employees at the two sites of Åstorp in Skåne and Forserum in Jönköping.
Sources
19 November 2008: Svenska Dagbladet
19 November 2008: Dagens Industri
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Jeld-Wen, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 67670, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67670.
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