Danisco to concentrate sugar operations in Lithuania
Sugar beet processing at the Kursenai facility to be discontinued as from the 2005 beet campaign.
18/05/05 Danisco has decided to concentrate the co-owned sugar operations in Lithuania to improve competitiveness, as planned when Danisco joined the Lithuanian sugar industry in 1998. This will be done by transferring the activities of the Kursenai facility to the sugar factories at Panevezys and Kedainiai, which have been upgraded to handle the extra beet volume involved. A comprehensive social plan has been developed to support the some 130 people employed at the Kursenai facility in their transition to new jobs.
In line with Danisco's social policy, current employees at Kursenai will be eligible to benefit from a wide range of support options, including training opportunities, various types of financial assistance and aid for business start-up as well as employment during the dismantling period.
