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Growth 4Transformation 8Decline 17
Key figures
7,375affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 12 reports · since Oct 2025
Largest job cuts
- Evonik to cut 3,200 more jobs under its Tailor Made programme3,200 Affected staff ·
- Wacker Chemie to cut 1,600 jobs by the end of 20271,600 Affected staff ·
- BASF to cut 600 jobs at its Antwerp site600 Affected staff ·
Countries
| Country | Entries | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 9 | 5,350 |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 4 | 190 |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | 3 | 860 |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 3 | — |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 2 | — |
Follow-up
Followed up: 4 of 4 announcements older than six months.
Documented outcome: completed: 1.
All outcomes and relocations →
Open cases
- AGC Chemicals considers closing Thornton-Cleveleys plant, 190 jobsNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- Diab shuts Šiauliai plant, cutting 75 of 76 jobsNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- Lenzing to end fibre output in Heiligenkreuz, cutting 285 jobsNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- LyondellBasell to close Brindisi plant for good, 80 jobsNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- AkzoNobel rejects Nippon Paint bid for paints unitNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Westfalen commissions refrigerant propane plant in Münster · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Covestro to merge polycarbonate lines in Antwerp, up to 260 jobs affected · Layoffs · 🇧🇪 Belgium
- Report: BASF weighs takeover of Evonik · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ineos idles all three acetyls plants in Hull · Closures · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- FMC to close Rønland pesticide plant by end-2026, 400 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Gaggio Tech closes plant near Bologna, cutting 79 jobs · Closures · 🇮🇹 Italy
- Diab shuts Šiauliai plant, cutting 75 of 76 jobs · Closures · 🇱🇹 Lithuania
- Solvay expands La Rochelle rare-earth plant for €15-20m · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- Univar Solutions acquires chemical distributor Interpur · Mergers · 🇪🇸 Spain / USA
- Lenzing to end fibre output in Heiligenkreuz, cutting 285 jobs · Closures · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Lenzing to end Grimsby lyocell output by 2027 · Closures · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Catalyxx to build €120m bio-based chemicals plant in Sines · Expansions · 🇵🇹 Portugal
- CNMV approves Bondalti's delisting offer for Ercros · Mergers · 🇪🇸 Spain / Portugal
- LyondellBasell to close Brindisi plant for good, 80 jobs · Closures · 🇮🇹 Italy
- Koch to take 50% of OCP's Moroccan fertiliser plant JFC I · Mergers · 🇲🇦 Morocco
- BASF starts up new emollients plant in Düsseldorf · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Romgaz notifies Azomureș takeover to competition authority · Mergers · 🇷🇴 Romania
- Moldovan EuroChem subsidiary Agrocenter enters bankruptcy · Closures · 🇲🇩 Moldova
- AkzoNobel rejects Nippon Paint bid for paints unit · Mergers · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- AGC Chemicals considers closing Thornton-Cleveleys plant, 190 jobs · Closures · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Evonik to cut 3,200 more jobs under its Tailor Made programme · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Evonik to close Witten plant as it exits polyester · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Wacker Chemie to cut 1,600 jobs by the end of 2027 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lanxess cuts 550 jobs worldwide, mainly in Cologne and Leverkusen · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Koksara Lukavac coking plant halts production after over 70 years · Closures · Bosnien und Herzegowina
- Ecolab closes production in Maribor, 56 jobs lost · Closures · 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Henkel to acquire coatings specialist Stahl for €2.1bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Netherlands
- Aequita to acquire SABIC's European petrochemicals business · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Netherlands / United Kingdom / Belgium
2025
- BASF to cut 600 jobs at its Antwerp site · Closures · 🇧🇪 Belgium