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 Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Paper And Paper Products 17.2 - Manufacture of articles of paper and paperboard
161 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 December 2013
Employment effect (start)
3 February 2014
Foreseen end date
28 February 2014
Description
UPM plans to shut down its paper factory of Docelles (Vosges), making all 161 staff redundant by February 2014.
This follows the announcement of the plant’s closure in January 2013 and the search for potential buyers. The search remained unsuccessful as UPM refused a recent offer that allegedly would not have guaranteed the production to be maintained.
Eurofound (2013), UPM Kymmene France, Closure in France, factsheet number 76286, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76286.
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