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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.52 - Manufacture of ice cream
138 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 December 2012
Employment effect (start)
28 February 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
The company Glacio intents to buy insolvent icecream manufacturer IJsboerke, which would lead to 138 job losses while safeguarding the remaining 227.
In December, IJsboerke requested that the Court to be temporarily adjourned of all financial obligations.During this time, the management was trying to find a company interested to buy the plant.
The company Glacio has entered negotiatios in order to take over firm, but this would result in 138 redundancies (approximately 40% of the workforce). The workers agreed with this plan and they expect the sale of IJsboerke will take place by the 1st of March.
Sources
22 December 2012: La Libre
12 February 2013: L'avenir
Citation
Eurofound (2012), IJsboerke, Merger/Acquisition in Belgium, factsheet number 74728, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74728.
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