HKScan

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Denmark
Region
Danmark; Midtjylland;
Location of affected unit(s)
Vinderup, Skovsgård
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
10.12 - Processing and preserving of poultry meat
85 - 95 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
28 January 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2015
Foreseen end date

Description

Finland-based meat processor, HLKScan, announced on 28 January 2015 that between 85 and 99 jobs will be cut in Denmark. The company wants to reorganise production between the two poultry sites of Vinderup and Skovsgård. Slaughtering and cutting will be centralised in the plant at Vinderup while packaging and warehouse operation will remain in Skovsgaard. HKScan has 750 employees.

Sources

  • 28 January 2015: http://www.globalmeatnews.com
  • 28 January 2015: http://www.just-food.com

Citation

Eurofound (2015), HKScan, Internal restructuring in Denmark, factsheet number 83998, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/83998.