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 Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Paper And Paper Products 17.12 - Manufacture of paper and paperboard
164 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 October 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
In August, fiber paperboard producer M-real announced dismissals for 200 of a total of 1,000 employees at the factory in Husum due to decreasing order income. Negotiations are finished, resulting in the actual loss of 164 jobs. Out of the 164 affected employees, 109 are blue-collar workers and 55 white collar workers.
The company's customers are brand owners, carton printers, converters, publishers, printing houses, merchants and office product suppliers. The company operates worldwide and its business areas are Consumer Packaging, Office Papers, Speciality Papers and Market Pulp and Energy.
Sources
13 August 2009: Dagens Industri
30 October 2009: Upsala Nya Tidning
Citation
Eurofound (2009), M-real, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 69552, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69552.
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