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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.3 - Manufacture Of Communication Equipment
189 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 January 2024
Employment effect (start)
31 January 2024
Foreseen end date
2 April 2024
Description
As announced on 31 January 2024, the German cordless telephone company Gigaset will be cutting 189 jobs in Germany due to internal restructuring.
After filing for insolvency in September 2023, the company was able to advert insolvency by being sold to the electronics company VTech based in Hongkong for €30 million. While the company was saved, 189 jobs will be cut. 170 of those affected jobs are based at the company’s plant in Bocholt. 80 employees are either on expiring contracts which will not be extend or go into retirement. Another 109 employees will be dismissed. Gigaset CEO Ekerot considers the job reduction to be the only way to secure to company’s future.
After the job reduction Gigaset will have 437 employees in Germany.
2 February 2024: Westphälischer Anzeiger (online) (www.wa.de)
Citation
Eurofound (2024), Gigaset, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 200923, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200923.
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