Italy: Particleboard producer Xilopan to close permanently

Italian particleboard manufacturer Xilopan has shuttered production after deciding its panel manufacturing is uncompetitive in the current economic environment, according to Italian news outlets. Xilopan has been a producer of chipboard panel products since 1969 and is located in the Po Valley near Milan, manufacturing raw and melamine-faced faced panels based on poplar. Collettiva, an Italian digital news platform dedicated to the world of work and unions, recently reported the closure, saying the closure decision follows 71 workers being on redundancy pay since last November. The outlet quoted the general secretary of the Italian Federation of ...