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Manufacturing Manufacture of metals Manufacture of basic metals 24.42 - Aluminium production
120 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 December 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2009
Foreseen end date
31 March 2010
Description
BE Group, a leading trading and service company offering a broad range of steel, stainless steel and aluminium, is to cut about 120 jobs primarily in Sweden, Finland, Poland and Latvia. The job reduction stems from the implementation of a cost-saving programme to face reduced demand and uncertain market prospects. In doing so, the company aims at reducing total annual costs by approximately SEK 100 million over a two-year period. Negotiations with trade unions have started.
BE Group offers value-adding distribution and pre-processing of steel, stainless steel and aluminium to construction and engineering industries. The company BE Group is operating in ten countries in northern, central and eastern Europe.
Sources
2 December 2008: Dagens Industri
Citation
Eurofound (2008), BE Group, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 67677, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67677.
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