Ethics in the digital workplace
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The German mechanical engineering company Bosch Rexroth plans to cut up to 240 jobs in Schweinfurt and Volkach (Lower Franconia).
Bosch Rexroth stated that the reasons for the decision included a reluctance to invest and price pressure from Asian competitors. Parts of production are to be relocated to more cost-effective existing sites in Romania and Mexico. At the Schweinfurt and Volkach site, up to 240 jobs in production, development and administration are to be cut by the end of 2028 with the help of partial retirement, early retirement offers and severance packages.
Bosch Rexroth is one of the leading suppliers of drive and control technology for machines and systems.
A previous restructuring event of Bosch Rexroth in Germany has been recorded in the ERM events database Bosch Rexroth-2022-DE.
Eurofound (2024), Bosch Rexroth, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 200977, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200977.