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 Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25.93 - Manufacture of wire products, chain and springs
90 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
9 November 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2011
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
On 16 November 2011, manufacturer of wire products Drumet and three local trade unions signed an agreement on a collective dismissal programme. The company is to reduce 12% of its workforce; 90 of 715 workers will be redundant. This is less than initially announced; the company planned to dismiss 105 workers.
The affected workers will receive a severance pay. The redundancies will be realized in two stages - the first group of workers (35 people) was dismissed in November, and the second group (55 people) will be dismissed in December. The programme affects only office staff and other auxiliary staff (beyond the production department).
Drumet has been operating in Włocławek since 1895. In 2011 the company was acquired by WireCo WorldGroup - a global company manufacturing, engineering and distributing wire, wire rope, wire rope assemblies and electromechanical cable.
Sources
16 November 2011: Strefa Biznesu ()
9 November 2011: Gazeta Pomorska ()
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Drumet, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 72825, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72825.
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