The factory in Heule specializes in the industrial processing of glass for glass trade, façade and interior construction. “The location has been loss -making for years, without any prospect of recovery,” the company writes in a press release.
AGC has tried to take cost -saving measures, but they do not seem to suffice to make the company competitive, it sounds. The trade unions hope that employees will be able to work in other branches, such as in Zwankensdamme at Zeebrugge.