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 Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.11 - Processing and preserving of meat
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 March 2014
Employment effect (start)
5 March 2014
Foreseen end date
30 April 2014
Description
Dutch food company Vion will close its slaughterhouse in Lingen (Lower Saxony) and thus make 100 people redundant by the end of April 2014. This is due to decreased utilization.
Since 2008, production decreased by 30 percent, so the slaughterhouse suffers from losses. The closure includes the redundancy of 170 temporary agency workers. Vion will offer positions in other sites, for example in nearby Emstek (Lower Saxony).
The ERM reported on a previous restructuring at Vion in Germany in 2012.
Sources
5 March 2014: VION (Press Release)
5 March 2014: Lingener Tagespost
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Vion, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 76689, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76689.
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