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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32 - Other manufacturing
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 May 2011
Employment effect (start)
31 May 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
Carrera Optyl, a manufacturer of spectacle frames, sun glasses and ski goggles which is partly owned by the Italian Safilo group, is to lay off 150 workers. The company is located in Ormož in the Podravska region and currently employs 1,060 workers.
The job losses are blamed on reduced demand, but the management also mentions the "uncompetitive environment" in Slovenia. Information about previous instances of restructuring announced by the company is available in factsheets ID 17632 (2009) and ID 14418 (2008)
Sources
5 May 2011: Delo
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Carrera Optyl, Internal restructuring in Slovenia, factsheet number 71927, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71927.
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