The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture of food and beverage Manufacture of beverages 11.07 - Manufacture of soft drinks and bottled waters
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 May 2025
Employment effect (start)
20 May 2025
Foreseen end date
Description
Coca-Cola's Sibeg plant in Catania faces potential job cuts affecting 200 workers due to the upcoming sugar tax implementation scheduled for July 1, 2025. The multinational beverage company has notified unions Flai, Cgil, and Uila about possible layoffs at the facility responsible for bottling the iconic soft drinks.
The warning comes amid ongoing uncertainty over the sugar tax, which has been repeatedly postponed by the Italian government. Industry association Assobibe, unions, and affected workers hope for another delay that would push implementation from July 2025 to January 2026
Eurofound (2025), Sibeg, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 202815, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202815.
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