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 Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Textiles 13.1 - Preparation and spinning of textile fibres
110 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 December 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
Lys Yarns, one of the last wool spinning mills in Belgium, is about to close its site of Zulte, situated in Flanders affecting 110 employees. On the 8th of December, the company's management declared the intention to close Lys Yarns for business.
The company has struggled financially for the last few months. It is reported that the demand of manufactured textiles had weakened. Consequently, the announcement of the closure was long awaited.
Currently, there is no information about trade union or government intervention for this restructuring case. However, the common procedure in these cases is that public authorities try to find companies that would be interested in taking over the plant and its workers. In addition, the court which takes the case might declared the company as bankrupt with or without judiciary reorganization.
Sources
8 December 2011: De Standaard
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Lys Yarns, Closure in Belgium, factsheet number 72872, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72872.
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