Unilever’s European cuts have reached the Netherlands after the company revealed it would close three factories in the country by the end of next year.
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The consumer goods giant, maker of brands including Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Knorr soup, said earlier this year that it would cut 20,000 jobs worldwide in a bid to cut costs and improve efficiency.
Unilever has already announced job losses and restructuring in the UK, France and Sweden and today (9 October) the company said its Dutch operations would also be affected.
Unilever’s plants in Delft, Loosdrecht and Vlaardingen would close by the end of 2008, with the loss of some 474 jobs. Unilever said costs at the three sites were higher than in the rest of Europe. The company’s other three factories in the Netherlands will remain open.
Kees van der Waaij, head of Unilever’s business in the Netherlands, said: “I emphasise that the Netherlands is an important country and will remain so for Unilever.”
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By GlobalDataVan der Waaij said Unilever would continue to invest in its Dutch operations after seeing sales in the country grow fastest of all its Western European markets over the last two years.
