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 (20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
240 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 March 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2011
Description
Pharmaceuticals multinational, Schering Plough, has announced 240 redundancies and the closure of its veterinary products plant in Bray, County Wicklow. The plant is to close down by the middle of 2011. The company has stated that no redundancies will be implemented over the next 12 months, adding that the decision to close the plant had been taken to optimise efficiencies as a direct result of global over-capacity.
Eurofound (2009), Schering-Plough, Closure in Ireland, factsheet number 68655, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68655.