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Information / Communication Publishing Of Information; Production And Programming Of Audiovisual Publishing Activities 58.11 - Book publishing
80 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
10 December 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
IKEA Communications, producer of the IKEA catalogue, is to reduce its staff by 80 employees in Älmhult, as the company will undergo reorganisation. 50 people will be made redundant, while 30 jobs are relocated to a new site in Malmö. The division remaining in Älmhult will be made up of the production operations, while the creative operations are moved to Malmö. The new organisation is meant to increase efficiency, partly by the closer proximity to the European market.
The reorganisation will be implemented within eight months, in August 2013.
IKEA Communications is a part of IKEA Group. IKEA Group, with INGKA Holding as parent company, is in turn owned by Stichting INGKA Foundation.
Sources
10 December 2012: Sveriges Radio
Citation
Eurofound (2012), IKEA Communications, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 74629, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74629.
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