Granges Europe: Swedish Aluminium rolling firm to dismiss-75 staffs at Finspång plant

As part of improving efficiency and adapting Gränges Europe’s operations to current market situations, a decision has been made on organizational changes in the Swedish operations. The new organization aims to strengthen Gränges Europe’s customer offer and long-term competitiveness. As a part of the reorganization, lay-offs will be done.

Gränges Europe on 26^th August’20 declared notices of redundancy in the operations, which will affect 75 staffs in total.

Jörgen Abrahamsson, President Gränges Europe, said: “We are constantly working to improve efficiency and develop Gränges Europe’s operations. We are now implementing an organizational change to further adapt the operations to current market conditions, broaden our sustainable product offer, improve efficiency and implement competence shift. The organizational change aims to strengthen Gränges Europe’s long-term competitiveness and contribute to continued growth.”

As a part of the reorganization, a notice of redundancy has been announced that will affect 75 positions in total, whereof 50 positions within the blue-collar organization and 25 within the white-collar organization in Sweden.

The decided measures are expected to entail costs totalling SEK 25 million in the third quarter of 2020.

However, negotiations with union representatives have begun and ahead of the end of December 2020, all the employees affected are estimated to have been informed.

As of 31^st July 2020, Gränges Europe had 461 employees in Sweden, of which 307 blue-collars and 154 white-collars.