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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Textiles 13.20 - Weaving of textiles
40 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 November 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
Preca Brummel, a children’s wear company announced a plan to dismiss 30 workers at its headquarters of Carnago (Varese) and shops across the country.
The company currently employs about 300 workers in Italy, half thereof in Carnago. It agreed with unions a dismissal plan as part of a ‘pre-bankruptcy agreement’, intended to rescue the company from high indebtedness.
The plan shall be authorised by the court before it becomes operational.
Sources
2 November 2017: Pambianconews
3 November 2017: Fashionmagazine
8 November 2017: La Prealpina
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Preca Brummel, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 92889, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92889.
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