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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31.0 - Manufacture of furniture
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 July 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 August 2013
Description
On 18 July 2013, furniture producer Christianapol announced its plans to dismiss all 300 workers in the factory in Łowyń near Międzychód (the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship) by the end of August 2013.
It is reported that the dismissals are related to a worsening financial condition of the company during the recession.
Christianapol is a part of the Cauval Industries Group headquartered in France and it has been operating in Poland since 1989.
Sources
18 July 2013: Gazeta Lubuska
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Christianapol, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 75682, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75682.
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