Spanish food company Nutrexpa has said that it will lay off 59 of the 161 employees at the company’s Montmelo plant in the Catalan region.

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The company purchased the Montmelo plant, together with the food brands Nocilla and Mesura that are produced there, in April 2002 from Anglo-Dutch food and consumer goods giant Unilever. The Nocilla and Mesura brands together recorded turnover of €28.1m (US$27.7m) in 2001.


The lay-offs are part of Nutrexpa’s restructuring plan to match product demand. Nutrexpa are to give severance pay to the laid-off workers, who will also receive help finding new jobs, reported the Spanish News Digest.

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