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 Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 December 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Huntsman Pigments, a division of the chemical company Huntsman Corporation, has initiated employer-employee negotiations as part of a major savings program that will lead to the reduction of maximum 150 positions in Pori, Finland.
The American-owned Huntsman Corporation purchased the facilities in Pori 2013. The plant employs a total of 550 people.
The EMCC has previously reported on restructuring in the Huntsman Corporation in 2009, when there was a closure of a plant in the United Kingdom.
Sources
2 December 2014: Yle Uutiset
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Huntsman Pigments, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 77945, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77945.
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