Brewers made 2,000 employees redundant in just one year
Autor:
Ioana David
22.03.2011
Beer industry companies grouped under Romania's Brewers Association have only 10 breweries left on the Romanian market at present, three less than in 2009, which employ around 4,100 people from 6,000 last year.
The facilities closed were located in Cluj (a brewery operated
by Ursus), Blaj (Bergenbier) and HaĊ£eg (Heineken).
"Looking at the global trend, there is no tendency of
reopening breweries, but of expanding operational capacities. We
cannot expect new openings in the following period," said Jan Derck
van Karnebeek, chairman of Romania's Brewers Association and
general manager of Heineken Romania.
The number of production centres in Romania has dropped
significantly in recent years after in 1994 there were 125
facilities.
Companies accounted for the decision to curb their
production operations by the market's plunge in recent years.
The beer market slid by 3.4% last year, after a steeper
decline, of almost 13%, in 2009. "Last year's trend was in line
with initial estimates. It didn't surprise anybody," Jan Derck van
Karnebeek added.