Dutch food company Vion has announced plans to consolidate its production operations in Germany in order to improve its overall efficiency.
The move is part of the company's new restructuring strategy to further secure the company's strong roots within the regional agricultural sector.
Vion stated that nothing will change for customers from the meat-processing industry and food retail - they will continue to receive their goods with the same trusted quality and freshness.
As part of the plan, the company's slaughterhouses and meat cutting plants in Emstek and Zeven in Lower Saxony and in Perleberg, Brandenburg will occupy a central location.
Vion plans to close its Kasel-Golzig and Minden sites which will result in 198 job losses. These two facilities each processes 5,000 pigs a week.
In April, Vion initiated the economic and strategic optimisation of its 39 German sites. In line with this plan, the company has decided that frozen convenience production at the Wunstorf site is no longer part of the core business and will soon put the part of the company up for sale.
Vion will conduct meetings with the Works Councils to discuss compensation and redundancy schemes and has scheduled timely termination of the contracts with external service providers.
