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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
500 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
29 September 2020
Employment effect (start)
29 September 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
As announced on 29 September 2020, the German industrial group Thyssen-Krupp will be cutting approximately 500 jobs in Germany due to internal restructuring. Affected by the job reductions areThyssen-Krupp’s automotive supply branch which will be divided into two independent business units. Thyssen-Krupp expects its production to recover in two to three years, making changes in the company’s structure necessary. Affected sites include plants in Saxony, Bremen, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and Saarland. Management, works’ council and IG Metall will start negotiations regarding a social plan shortly.
Overall, Thyssen-Krupp intends to cut 800 jobs worldwide in its automotive supply branch.
Currently, Thyssen-Krupp has 3,200 employees in its automotive supply branch.
Eurofound (2020), Thyssen-Krupp, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 102009, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/102009.
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