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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Beverages 11.01 - Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits
130 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 May 2016
Employment effect (start)
19 May 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish vodka producer Fabryka Wódek Polmos Łańcut has announced that it will cut 130 out of 159 jobs via collective dismissal programme. The company has decided to relocate the production of vodka to the unit in Starogard Gdański. The conditions of the programme are being negotiated with the local trade union.
At the same time, a decision has been made by the new management of the company to build a new distillation installation which is expected to be operational at the end of 2017.
The unit in Łańcut has been operating for 250 years.
Sources
19 May 2016: Bankier
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Fabryka Wódek Polmos Łańcut, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 87664, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87664.
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