Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
Hunton Fiber AS was established in 1889 in Gjøvik (Norway). The company currently has over 100 employees. Production and head offices are located in Gjøvik (Norway). Sales and marketing is located in Asker (Norway), while the company also operates sales offices in Sweden and Finland. Hunton is one of European leading producers of wood fiber boards with a production capacity of 145000 kbm, and delivers a wide range of products for the construction industry. Because of the use of high technology, robotics and automation in Norway, combining with experience and expertise, Hunton Fiber are moving their production from Poland back to Norway, says CEO Arne Jebsen. Hunton expects that this movement will provide 40-60 new jobs.
Eurofound (2017), Hunton Fiber , Reshoring in Norway, factsheet number 115, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/115.
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