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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Beverages 11.07 - Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 August 2017
Employment effect (start)
31 August 2017
Foreseen end date
1 May 2018
Description
Dutch beverage supplier Refresco announced on 31 August 2017 it will close its site in Hamburg with 100 employees and relocate the production to Calvörde by May 2018. Qualified employees will be offered a job in Calvörde. However, the head of the Trade Union of Food, Beverages, Tobacco, Hotel and Catering and Allied Workers (NGG) noted that most of the employees are older than 50 years and will probably not consider relocating.
Refresco will start negotiations with the works council regarding a social plan.
Sources
31 August 2017: Süddeutsche Zeitung (Online)
31 August 2017: Hamburger Abendblatt (online)
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Refresco, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 91874, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91874.
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