The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.29 - Manufacture of other plastic products
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
3 August 2013
Employment effect (start)
5 August 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
Biella Kimle announced the mass dismissal of 100 employees in Hungary; 88 of them will be asked to leave the company on 5 August 2013. The swiss-owned Biella Kimle employs 130 people in the western village Kimle.
The company has been operating there for 21 years. The closure is likely to be due to the loss in market demand, further details have not been published yet.
Sources
5 August 2013: HR Portal
3 August 2013: index.hu
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Biella Kimle, Internal restructuring in Hungary, factsheet number 75731, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75731.
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