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 Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.5 - Manufacture of domestic appliances
323 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 January 2014
Employment effect (start)
22 July 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
Home appliances manufacturer Whirlpool will close down its factory in Norrköping, making all 323 employees redundant by the end of 2014. Staff are expected to remain working until at least July.
Negotiations have started between the union IF Metall and the company.
Whirlpool is based in the US, employing about 69,000 staff globally. In 2011, the ERM reported on the group’s plan to cut on 5,000 staff worldwide by the end of 2013.
Sources
22 January 2014: Dagens Nyheter
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Whirlpool, Closure in Sweden, factsheet number 76495, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76495.
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