Mayr-Melnhof Packaging to close Bootle folding box plant

摘要

Mayr-Melnhof Packging (MMP) announced today that it would close its Bootle folding box plant. The decision comes after weeks of strikes and industrial action at the facility. In February, the company had announced that almost 50 of 180 employees were to be dismissed by March due to the difficult conditions of the UK packaging market. According to MMP, high wage costs and a shrinking consumer goods industry that started to outsource production abroad a long time ago were the reasons for the redundancies. As a consequence, competition had risen massively in the course of the past few years, the company said. Various media reports and industry sources however stated, the job cuts were MMP's response to the loss of a major contract volume.