Borregaard sale of yeast and ethanol sector has failed!
has For 58 employees of the closed pulp mill in Luterbach the hope of a resumption of the broken areas of yeast and ethanol. No buyer was found.
"Sorry, but no solutions are found," said Joern Syvertsen, Chairman of the Borregaard Switzerland AG. In the field of yeast with more than ten interested groups had been discussed and negotiated. Specifically: the most important producers in the world market as well as three potential buyers from Switzerland and abroad in related industries. The end of October had withdrawn Borregaard -Executive Employees their project for a management buyout. Since the factory was the North yeast (fermentation) of date, the buying interest focused on modern yeast factory south.
According Borreg aard there were several reasons that no longer out of interest was. On the one hand, the profitability was based on the yeast that exists with the pulp mill was a local source of raw materials. This has reduced the raw material and logistics costs substantially. With the cessation of pulp production, each buyer would have to find a new source of raw materials, which means additional costs and loss of profitability. On the other hand, would continue operating for an independent infrastructure investments (eg sanitation) is necessary. come addition is that yeast customer looked because of the uncertain future for new suppliers and found them to have part. "The profitability prospects for continued operation are expected, therefore, each week worse, "Borreg aard writes in a press release.
hope for area electrolysis
In the ethanol has been negotiating since October with a Swiss consortium that wanted to operate the plant with other raw materials . Borregaard this: "The contract has been repeatedly pushed to give interested parties more time. The funding and a new operating license but are still open. Recently had the interests t Borregaard informed that before the end of January an agreement was possible. This uncertainty would not you expect the employees.
Borregaard has now terminated the 58 employees of the yeast and ethanol sectors. These layoffs were postponed in view of the rescue of these areas yet. By the end of October, given the company the final closure of the pulp mill known and 339 employees terminated. There is hope yet for the limited area electrolysis with 16 employees. "Negotiations with a European interested parties are still under way " says Borregaard. And, the chances for a Further operation to be assessed as well, so those 16 dismissals would further set back.
the once proud "Attishölzlern" and the unions is the satisfaction of having negotiated a good social plan. The social plan applies to all employees. The Unia accuses Borregaard, never really care to have been a continuing operation of some areas.
accident m it sulfur
According Borregaard is the closure of all production areas, "thanks to the efforts of employees run without incident. " Officially, only a breakdown in on-site sewage treatment plant is known (as reported). As the trade union newspaper "work" but writes in its latest issue, it seemed to the Stilllegungsproze ss 27 October to an accident. How Borregaard confirmed on request, for the discharge of sulfur dioxide, two employees were injured. The one working again, the other was still in convalescence. Sulfur dioxide can lead at worst to respiratory or cardio-outages.
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