Things haven’t been going well at Vandewiele for a while. Vandewiele also cut jobs in June, when 22 workers and 7 employees lost their jobs. Today, around 490 people still work there.
Things are not going well in the entire textile sector and this also has consequences for machine orders. With the new round of dismissals, the unions would like to have a consultation about the future vision of the company. Training to make people more employable would also be a good plan, it sounds.