阿克苏诺贝尔计划到2025年底在全球裁员5%以上

这家在包括英国在内的 150 个国家开展业务的荷兰集团表示，将通过裁员“精简”其管理结构。

AkzoNobel plans to complete a raft of redundancies by the end of 2025 in a bid to make its operations more efficient.

阿克苏诺贝尔计划在 2025 年底前完成大量裁员，以提高运营效率。

The Dutch group, which has operations in 150 countries including the UK, said it will “streamline” its management structure through the cuts.

这家在包括英国在内的 150 个国家开展业务的荷兰集团表示，将通过裁员“精简”其管理结构。

The move will impact more than 5% of its 35,700 global employees.

此举将影响其全球 35,700 名员工中超过 5% 的员工。

AkzoNobel has around 3,500 employees in the UK and Ireland across 15 sites, including nine factories. The firm has not disclosed how many UK staff will be impacted.

阿克苏诺贝尔在英国和爱尔兰的 15 个基地拥有约 3,500 名员工，其中包括 9 家工厂。该公司尚未透露有多少英国员工将受到影响。

The group’s cost-cutting efforts come amid a backdrop of continued inflation in the building materials industry and higher wages.

该集团削减成本的举措是在建材行业持续通胀和工资上涨的背景下做出的。

Nevertheless, the group recently reported that pre-tax profits rose by over a quarter in the first half of the year to 496 million euros (£413 million) due to tight control over its cost base.

尽管如此，该集团最近报告称，由于严格控制成本基础，上半年税前利润增长了四分之一以上，达到 4.96 亿欧元（4.13 亿英镑）。

Greg Poux-Guillaume, chief executive of AkzoNobel, said: “Over the last three quarters, we have demonstrated our ability to grow.

阿克苏诺贝尔首席执行官格雷格·普吉约姆 (Greg Poux-Guillaume) 表示：“过去三个季度，我们展示了我们的增长能力。

“We aim to accelerate profitable growth by optimising our functional organisation to become more agile in volatile markets and offset headwinds such as rising labour cost.”

“我们的目标是通过优化我们的职能组织来加速盈利增长，从而在动荡的市场中变得更加敏捷，并抵消劳动力成本上升等不利因素。”