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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Leather And Related Products 15.11 - Tanning and dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur
160 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 February 2013
Employment effect (start)
19 February 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
Boxmark Leather has announced that it will close the production unit in Radlje ob Dravi in the Koroška region, which will lead to 160 consequent job losses.
The company has been facing a severe drop in orders due to the crisis of the automotive industry. As a result, the production unit in Radlje ob Dravi will be closed down and all 160 employees will be dismissed. Boxmark Leather will retain its other Slovenian production unit in Kidričevo in the Podravska region.
Boxmark Leather is a company specialized in the production of leather for suppliers in the automobile industry, owned by Austrian firm Schmidt.
Sources
19 February 2013: Delo
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Boxmark Leather, Closure in Slovenia, factsheet number 74933, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74933.
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