BASF Performance Products France

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
France
Region
Grand Est; Alsace; Haut-Rhin
Location of affected unit(s)
Huningue
Sector
Manufacturing
(20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
20.1 - Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms
20.12 - Manufacture of dyes and pigments
New offshoring locations
Germany
140 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
23 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014

Description

Chemicals company BASF France announced its plan to cut 140 of 242 jobs at its plant in Huningue (Haut-Rhin).

This results from the company’s plans to relocate its production of additives to Lampertheim, Germany, by December 2014. The measure is part of a global restructuring that is to make 650 staff redundant by 2017 (see ERM Factsheet).

Employees and unions have struck 5 days and blocked the entrance of the plant. The industrial dispute ended on the 17 January. Management and unions are negotiating the social plan.

BASF is headquartered in Germany, employing more than 110,000 staff worldwide. The group employs about 3,000 staff in France.

Sources

  • 2 December 2013: BASF Website
  • 17 January 2014: L'usine Nouvelle
  • 13 November 2013: France 3 Alsace
  • 23 October 2013: L'alsace

Citation

Eurofound (2013), BASF Performance Products France, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 76050, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76050.