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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Wearing Apparel 14.12 - Manufacture of workwear
140 - 146 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
25 April 2015
Employment effect (start)
3 May 2015
Foreseen end date
1 June 2015
Description
Prvi maj, Croatian manufacturers of protective and work clothing, was founded in 1961 and employed 600 workers by 1991. Due to accumulated debts and lack of support from banks, the company is facing bankruptcy. 146 jobs will be lost. This is despite agreed orders for the German and Swedish markets.
During the war period 1991-1995, the company's plants were completely ruined. At the end of the war came the possibility to return to Laslovo, not far from Osijek in Eastern Slavonia. A new investment cycle began with the reconstruction of the plant and the procurement of new and modern machinery and equipment. It has not however proved possible however to sustain a profitable textile/clothing business.
Sources
25 April 2015: hrt.hr
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Prvi maj, Bankruptcy in Croatia, factsheet number 79371, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79371.
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