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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20.4 - Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations
230 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 November 2011
Employment effect (start)
30 November 2011
Foreseen end date
30 June 2012
Description
As announced on November 30th, 2011, German personal care products manufacturer Beiersdorf expects job reductions up to 230 employees.
Job reductions shall be realised by end of June 2012. This is due to losses in the cosmetics segment. Worldwide job reduction is expected to affect up to 1,000 employees. The company's management announced to have started talks with employee representatives in Germany.
Sources
1 December 2011: Financial Times Deutschland
1 December 2011: Handelsblatt
30 November 2011: Beiersdorf
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Beiersdorf, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 72801, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72801.
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