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Recticel to cut 56 jobs.

BRUSSELS--Major foamer Recticel plans further reorganisation at its Hulshout, Belgium, bedding plant, which makes mattresses and slat bases.

Recticel aims to reduce the workforce by 56 full-time jobs (51 blue-collar workers and 5 staff), from its current 180 people.

Hulshout "specialises in 'non-brand' products, which are sold by larger distributors as 'private labels' under their own brand name," said Recticel.

"Profitability of this bedding activity is currently under considerable pressure," according to a

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