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European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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Construction contractor M3 Anlegg, based in Bodø, Norway, has declared bankruptcy. 180 employees will be dismissed. The company posted a large negative result in 2016 and struggled financially in 2017. Its board and administration tried to refinance the company from mid December, before declaring bankruptcy on 4 January. M3 Anlegg has been involved in several large road- and tunnel construction projects in Bodø and Stavanger, primarily as a subcontractor. Both results and prognoses for several of the projects have turned out to be worse than previously thought. Trade union representative Tommy Pedersen says to Avisa Nordland that the employees received the news on 4 January, and that the announcement was met with initial reactions of 'silence and prostration'.
Eurofound (2018), M3 Anlegg, Bankruptcy in Norway, factsheet number 92990, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/92990.