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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.2 - Manufacture Of Bodies (Coachwork) For Motor Vehicles; Manufacture Of Trailers And Semi-Trailers
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
3 December 2024
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2027
Description
Swiss automotive supplier Feintool is to cut 200 out of the 450 jobs at its German sites in Sachsenheim and Vaihingen. The job cuts are to be fully realised by 2027.
At the affected German sites, the company produces metal parts for the automotive industry. As demand for its products is falling, Feintool is moving parts of its German production to Hungary whilst also reshaping the German location.
Whilst the plant in Sachsenheim will be closed down by 2027, some of the employees might be offered jobs in Vaihingen where production will be continued. Talks on the details of this move are still ongoing, but the company stated that it seeks "socially acceptable" solutions for realising job cuts.
Eurofound (2024), Feintool, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 202157, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/202157.
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