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 Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
New offshoring locations
Netherlands
153 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 September 2009
Employment effect (start)
17 March 2010
Foreseen end date
31 March 2011
Description
Akzo Nobel announced 153 redundancies from the closing of their MCA-unit in Skoghall, and will move the manufacturing of paints, coatings, and specialty chemicals to their factory in Delfzijl. 80 blue-collars and 73 white-collar workers will be affected. The production will stop 17 March 2010 and no one will have to leave the company before that. The last employees will leave the company in March 2011. Nobel has 60,000 employees based in 80 countries.
Sources
17 September 2009: Dagens Arbete
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Akzo Nobel, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Sweden, factsheet number 69565, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69565.
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