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 (20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
350 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
10 June 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Chemical giant BASF will cut 425 jobs out of 600 at Grenzach, Baden-Wuerttemberg, until December 2012. Management and Works Council agreed on a social plan in June 2011. Out of the 425 employees, 75 have already left the company. It is expected that 40 jobs will be cut until the end of 2011.
Sources
16 June 2011: Badische Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2011), BASF, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 72068, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72068.