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Margen dismisses 3,500 employees

13/10/2008

Having struggled for almost a year, Brazilian meat packer Margen has closed down 16 abattoirs, leaving 3,500 of a total of 5,000 staff unemployed.

"The market is very bad and banks have restricted credit,” says managing director, Adalberto Silva. “There is no point in going on like this.”

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