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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.92 - Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction
154 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 October 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 November 2016
Description
Polish producer of mining machinery and equipment Kopex Machinery has announced that it will close down its subsidiary Wamag in Wałbrzych and cut all 154 jobs by the end of November 2016. Redundant workers will receive a severance pay. The company argues that Wamag has lost financial liquidity and is not profitable anymore, while the local trade unions claim that the company still has got production orders. Workers has announced that they will protest against company’s decision.
The company is specialised in manufacturing of mining machinery. The Wamag plant has been operating for almost 200 years. Kopex Machinery was formed in 2012 by an alliance of three companies comprising the Kopex capital group: Zabrzańskie Zakłady Mechaniczne in Zabrze, Wamag in Wałbrzych, Ryfama in Rybnik. On 8 September 2016 the company announced 250 jobcuts at the plants located in Zabrze and Rybnik.
Sources
18 October 2016: Dziennik Wałbrzych
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Wamag, Bankruptcy in Poland, factsheet number 89021, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89021.
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