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Manufacturing Manufacture, Printing And Reproduction Of Recorded Media Printing And Reproduction Of Recorded Media 18.2 - Reproduction of recorded media
329 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
3 July 2017
Employment effect (start)
31 July 2017
Foreseen end date
31 January 2018
Description
On 3 July 2017, the producer of DVDs, CDs, and blue-rays Cinram, announced it would cut 329 jobs due to a partial closure of its production site in Alsdorf. This measure will be realised by 31 January 2018. Already in April 2017, Cinram filed for insolvency as Universal Pictures did not extend its contracts with Cinram.
Cinram's management, works council and the Mining, Chemicals and Energy industrial Union (IG BCE) have agreed on a social plan, which includes a possibility for affected employees to switch to a transfer agency for six months to receive further qualification training as well as receiving between 70% and 77% of their previous wages.
However, the insolvency administrator is still searching for investors for the ongoing parts of the production.
As of July 2017, Cinram employs about 850 staff members in Alsdorf, Germany.
Sources
3 July 2017: WDR (online)
3 July 2017: Aachener Zeitung (online)
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Cinram, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 91442, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91442.
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