Type
Closure
Country
Netherlands
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Rotterdam and Wormerveer
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Food And Beverage
Manufacture Of Food Products
10.61 - Manufacture of grain mill products

160 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
20 May 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Flour producer Meneba announced the loss of 160 jobs with the closure of the site in Wormerveer (80 jobs) and Rotterdam (80 jobs). The closures are attributed to overcapacity of flour in the Western European market. With a total workforce of 460 people, Meneba has sites in Rotterdam, Weert, Bossuit (Belgium) and Wormerveer.


Sources

  • 20 May 2011: Noord hollands dagblad

Citation

Eurofound (2011), Meneba, Closure in Netherlands, factsheet number 72035, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72035.