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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Textiles 13 - Manufacture of textiles
New offshoring locations
Pakistan
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 June 2022
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2023
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023
Description
Bierbaum, a German textile manufacturer headquartered in Borken, NRW, Germany, has announced 150 job cuts at its production plant in Borken, NRW, Germany.
The reason for the job cuts is the company's decision to cease bed linen production in Germany by spring 2023. According to Bierbaum, the job cuts only affect positions in production. The company announced on June 13th 2022 that the transformation measures will be implemented over the next year and completed by the end of 2023. The company explains that some production steps will be relocated in Pakistan in the course of 2023.
The works council and the trade union are preparing for negotiations with the management. In June 2022 it is unclear what kind of job reduction measures are planned.
The Bierbaum Group employs over 900 people at 6 locations and has a turnover of €127 million.
Eurofound (2022), Bierbaum, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 106997, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106997.
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