Swedwood

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Slovakia
Region
Slovensko; Stredné Slovensko; Žilinský kraj
Location of affected unit(s)
Závažná Poruba
Sector
Manufacturing
(31) Manufacture of furniture
31 - Manufacture of furniture
31 - Manufacture of furniture
100 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
16 May 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 August 2008

Description

Swedwood, the furniture manufacturer owned by IKEA, will close one of its production units at its Jasná plant in Závažná Poruba cutting about 100 jobs. Currently more than 900 employees are working there. Dismissals are planned to be completed by August 2008. The decision was caused by decrease of customer orders. According to Jasná plant CEO, Kamil Cedula, redundancies will hit mainly employees working in manual technologies. Organisational changes will increase the effectiveness of the production and decrease the overtime work.

Sources

  • 16 May 2008: SME

Citation

Eurofound (2008), Swedwood, Internal restructuring in Slovakia, factsheet number 66632, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66632.