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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.7 - Manufacture of bakery and farinaceous products
500 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
9 May 2016
Employment effect (start)
9 May 2016
Foreseen end date
31 August 2016
Description
On 9 May 2016, pastry maker Fricopan, subsidiary of the Swiss Aryzta AG, announced plans to shut down its German site in Immekath (Klötze) by the end of August 2016. The closure will entail the loss of all 500 jobs at the plant. According to the company, the closure has become necessary due to ongoing weak demand and the poor traffic connection of the site. Politicians are angered as Fricopan has been financially supported by the State of Saxony-Anhalt in order to invest in the plant.
Aryzta, headquartered in Zurich, currently employs 10,000 employees worldwide.
Sources
11 May 2016: Arcor
5 May 2016: MDR Online
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Fricopan, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 87525, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87525.
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