Stollwerck

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Schleswig-Holstein; Schleswig-Holstein; Segeberg
Location of affected unit(s)
Norderstedt
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.8 - Manufacture of other food products
10.82 - Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery
95 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
15 August 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012

Description

German chocolate manufacturer Stollwerck will cut 95 out of 400 jobs at its site in Norderstedt over the next few months. A social plan has been agreed with the works council and the trade union.

Stollwerck became part of the Belgian Baronie-Group in 2011, which is restructuring the chocolate and praliné production in Germany.

Sources

  • 15 August 2012: Hamburger Abendblatt

Citation

Eurofound (2012), Stollwerck, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 74076, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74076.