Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
On 15 May 2009, printing group Roto Smeets announced it will scrap 450 jobs in the coming one and a half year. Backround is excess capacity in the sector, aggravated by the recession.
As reported, the Netherlands applied for assistance from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF).
Eurofound (2009), Roto Smeets, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 68917, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68917.