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.
Castlemahon Food Products announced the loss of 150 jobs on 22 February 2005 as part of a restructuring programme designed to secure the future of the company. The announcement came just three weeks after it was revealed that Kantoher Food Products, which is just four miles from Castlemahon, is to close with the loss of 140 jobs.
The decision to cut the 410-strong workforce at Castlemahon Food Products to 260 is due to competition in the market and rising operating costs, according to the company.
Shocked staff criticised management for not informing them of the news, and said the first they heard about it was on the local radio news.
Eurofound (2005), Castlemahon Food Products, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 61150, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61150.
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