Plans are to to move the bulk of production to Reken in Germany. It involves products such as vegetables and deep-frozen ready meals. The administration should be moved to Malmö.
Negotiations between management and the trade will begin next week.
– It is in our – and I think everyone’s – interest to implement them as soon as possible clarity and a clear plan for the future.
According to the management plans should operations in Bjuv phased out at the end of the year. But Henrik Hjalmarsson underlines that negotiations can control.
Findus has implemented several major initiatives in recent years. Last year opened a new cold store in Bjuv, an investment of SEK 700 million. The operations are not affected by the plans.
– The camp is run today by third parties and will continue, says Henrik Hjalmarsson.
During 2015 was also an acclaimed shrimp farming started with the company Vega Fish. Here is the future more uncertain.
– It is too early to speculate, today the focus has been on informing the employees.
Findus has been owned of several venture capital firms since the millennium. Nomad Foods took over as late as the end of last year.
Did you get any signals that they intended to close down operations in Bjuv?
– Nomad Foods has undertaken a thorough review of the production capacity in Europe and recognizes that there is excess capacity in the Group. It led to today’s notice.
But it must Nomad have known, however, the company conducted the purchase.
– The I can not speculate, says Henrik Hjalmarsson.
“Today’s declaration regarding notice and negotiations with the trade unions has nothing to do with either the plant’s performance or any of the employees’ performance. the fundamental problem we had to deal with, and that can potentially lead to a closure, is rather that we have excess capacity, or simply put, more factories than we need, “writes Nomad Foods CEO Stefan Descheemaeker in a press release.
Nomad Foods has eleven production plants in Europe. According to Henrik Hjalmarsson is the geographical situation a reason to Bjuv draws the short straw.
– Bjuv is quite far from the Nomad Foods’ major markets in Central and Southern Europe, it has implications for the cost and environmental impact.
the Group’s operations in Loftahammar not affected by the layoffs. According to the company Findus after the cessation of operations in Bjuv have approximately 175 employees in Sweden.
We have applied for Food Workers Union which announced that they speak no earlier than Friday.
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