FrieslandCampina, the Dutch dairy group, has announced plans to close six plants as the company continues to rejig its business after last year’s merger of Friesland Foods and Campina.
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The company said today (10 December) that the closure of the plants in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany would lead to the loss of some 624 jobs.
Two cheese packaging facilities in the Netherlands are scheduled to close in the middle of 2010. One of those plants, in the Dutch city of Tilburg, will also see its cheese production and cheese processing facilities in close in the first quarter of 2011.
A third packaging facility in Leeuwarden is also set for closure in the second quarter of 2011.
A cheese production site in Dronrijp is set to be shuttered in the second quarter of 2011. The company also warned that whey production at the site could be under threat, pending a review.
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By GlobalDataFrieslandCampina is also planning to axe a production site for butter oil and cream products in the Belgian town of Klerken.
Meanwhile, a yoghurt and dessert production facility in the German town of Elsterwerda and a long-life milk site in Kalkar will be closed.
CEO Cees ’t Hart said: “The aim of the proposed reorganisation of the production is to reduce costs further by means of an increase in scale and efficiency improvements.”
