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 For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
370 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 April 2012
Employment effect (start)
4 April 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
Birkby's Plastics, a Yorkshire based supplier of automotive parts, will be shut down making more than 370 staff redundant. Birkby's was placed into administration on 3 April 2012.
The company's administrators have failed to find a buyer for the business which has been operating at a loss for the last few years. Although interest was expressed by potential buyers, none of the offers was acceptable.
The timeline for the restructuring is yet to be announced.
Sources
4 April 2012: Plastics & Rubber Weekly
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Birkby's Plastics, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73608, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73608.
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