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.
Ventinveste, consortium led by Galp Energia, has announced that it is to create 1327 jobs by developing eight wind power parks and an industrial "cluster" consisting of 15 manufacturing units. The new facilities are expected to produce 130 generators and 267 assemblies of turbines. This business expansion stems from the implementation of a contract signed between the Ventinveste consortium and the General Directorate of Energy and Geology ( Direcção Geral de Energia e Geologia – DGEG). The project involves a total investment of EUR 636 million over six years. As of September 2007, there is no information on when employment at the sites will commence and when the new jobs will be created by.
Eurofound (2007), Ventineste, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 65839, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/65839.
This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
This Eurofound research paper explores key trends in restructuring in recent years, highlighting the companies that announced the largest job losses and job gains in the EU. It builds on an analysis of company announcements recorded in Eurofound’s European Restructuring...
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Since 2013, Eurofound's ERM database on restructuring-related legislation has been documenting regulatory developments in the Member States of the European Union and Norway which are explicitly or implicitly linked to anticipating and managing change. The most recent update to the...
