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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.85 - Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
1,000 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2020
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
On 21 April 2017, food producer Homann, a subsidiary of the food company Theo Müller, announced a restructuring programme which includes the closure of four sites in Germany in 2020. Some 1,000 jobs are affected by this step.
The affected sites are located in Dissen, Lintorf (both Lower Saxony), Bottrop (North Rhine Westphalia) and Floh-Seligenthal (Thuringia). The aim of the restructuring programme is to unite the company's production at one place. Although 40 different places all over Europe are to be discussed, the management is in favour of the Saxonian Leppersdorf, where the company is already producing dairy products.
The company will offer all affected employees the possibility to change to the new production site. Theo Müller is investing €500 million in the restructuring programme.
Europe-wide operating Homann currently employs about 3,000 staff members. Overall, the Theo Müller Group employs about 27,000 staff.
Sources
21 April 2017: Theo Müller press release
21 April 2017: Handelsblatt (online)
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Homann, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 90768, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90768.
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