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Manufacturing (20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 December 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Huntsman Pigments, a division of the chemical company Huntsman Corporation, has initiated employer-employee negotiations as part of a major savings program that will lead to the reduction of maximum 150 positions in Pori, Finland.
The American-owned Huntsman Corporation purchased the facilities in Pori 2013. The plant employs a total of 550 people.
The EMCC has previously reported on restructuring in the Huntsman Corporation in 2009, when there was a closure of a plant in the United Kingdom.
Sources
2 December 2014: Yle Uutiset
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Huntsman Pigments, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 77945, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77945.