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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.30 - Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery
100 - 300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Lely Industries, manufacturer of agricultural machines such as milk robots, has announced it will cut at least 100 jobs at its headquarters in Maassluis, Zuid-Holland (West Netherlands). The reduction follows the sale of part of Lely's organisation, Forage, to the US based ACCO. The 95 workers employed within forage will remain in their positions for the first year of business, officially employed with ACCO instead of Lely Industries. It is unclear whether those workers will be able to rejoin Lely after termination of the initial 12-month period.
Lely Industries is an international specialist in agricultural machinery and employs approximately 2,000 people.
Sources
13 March 2017: NOS
13 March 2017: Het Financieel Dagblad
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Lely Industries Maassluis, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 92901, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92901.
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