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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20.41 - Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations
110 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
25 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
25 October 2013
Foreseen end date
31 March 2014
Description
Manufacturer of household items Reckit Benckiser is to cut 110 jobs in Ladenburg (Baden-Wurttemberg). Job reduction shall be completed by the first quarter of 2014.
The measure is due to weak utilization, also forcing the company to cut one working shift out of four.
Reckit Benckiser employs 450 people in Ladenburg for the production of dishwasher tabs. The company is based in Slough, UK. In 2012, it had already cut 30 jobs in Ladenburg.
Sources
25 October 2013: Mannheimer Morgen (online)
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Reckitt Benckiser, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 76095, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76095.
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