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Rigo pasta plant faces closure as Electrolux workers seek fewer cuts
Clemens Products plans to close Pastificio Rigo in Pieve del Grappa, near Treviso, in January 2027.
The Australian owner’s plan puts the jobs of the pasta plant’s 35 workers at risk after 98 years of production.
The unions say the plant is profitable, and want regional officials to bring the company to crisis talks before it closes.
Electrolux workers in Susegana are seeking fewer job cuts as part of talks over the company’s plans for its Italian operations.
The latest proposal would cut 371 jobs at the Treviso-area factory, where workers also want to keep the group’s refrigerator design centre and reject faster production targets.
The two disputes reflect plans to reduce activity in Italy, though they involve different companies and industries.
Electrolux talks are scheduled for October 28 and November 2, with a possible extra meeting on November 3; workers are seeking changes to the company’s plan.
Clemens Products plans to stop production at the Rigo pasta plant in Pieve del Grappa in January 2027, putting 35 jobs at risk.
The Australian owner’s plan comes after 98 years of continuous production at the plant.
Unions say the company has not explained the future of the Rigo brand or the plant, and are asking the Veneto Region to convene crisis talks.
Separately, workers at Electrolux’s Susegana site are asking for fewer job cuts and for the group’s refrigeration design centre to remain there.
Their demands are due to be raised in talks with Electrolux on 28 October, ahead of a ministerial meeting on 2 November.
- Who
- Clemens Products plans to close the Rigo pasta plant; workers and unions at Electrolux’s Susegana site are seeking changes to job cuts.
- What
- Rigo production is planned to stop, putting 35 jobs at risk. Electrolux workers seek fewer cuts and retention of the refrigeration design centre.
- When
- Rigo’s closure is planned for January 2027. Electrolux talks are scheduled for 28 October and 2 November 2026.
- Where
- Rigo is in Pieve del Grappa, Treviso. The Electrolux plant is in Susegana, Treviso.
- Why
- Clemens Products cited the inability to fit larger machinery in the Rigo plant. Electrolux workers want fewer redundancies and the design centre kept in Susegana.
Rigo workers and unions
Clemens Products
Plant closure
Rigo workers and unions
Unions oppose stopping production, saying current output can be maintained and may even be increased.
Clemens Products
The company plans to end production at the plant in January 2027, citing the inability to fit larger machinery.
Alternative employment
Rigo workers and unions
Unions say moving workers to Clemens Products’ Aldino pasta plant in Verona is unacceptable because of the distance.
Clemens Products
The company has proposed that interested workers could work at its Aldino plant.
Clemens Products plans to stop production at the Rigo plant.
Electrolux and union representatives are due to discuss the workers’ demands in Rome.
The Electrolux dispute is scheduled to move to the Ministry of Enterprises, with Minister Adolfo Urso present.
- Rigo workforce
- 35 employees
- Rigo production history
- 98 years of continuous production
- Rigo plant
- Pieve del Grappa, Treviso
- Electrolux proposed cuts at Susegana
- 371 of 1,250 jobs
- Electrolux production target
- 515,000 refrigerators a year, down from 543,000
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