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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.10 - Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles
500 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 April 2024
Employment effect (start)
30 April 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
Magna Steyr (Fahrzeugtechnik) is an Austrian automotive manufacturer and a daughter of Magna International. The headquarters and the largest production site of Magna Steyr is located in Graz, Styria. There, Magna has announced to cut 500 jobs, starting at the end of April 2024. Prior to this, Magna stopped the production of the new electric car model.
According to the local Public Employment Service, the job market has to offer enough jobs to production employees. Moreover, there are many more vacancies areas, such as services, temporary employment and transport.
Eurofound (2024), Magna Steyr, Internal restructuring in Austria, factsheet number 201090, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201090.
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