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Yanmar Compact Equipment, a Japanese manufacturer in the mechanical engineering sector, is cutting around 290 jobs at its production site in Crailsheim (Baden Württemberg), which will be closed by the end of 2025. 50 employees in central functions are to be transferred to Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Bavaria).
The closure is being carried out to increase productivity and efficiency, which will be relocated entirely to the Saint-Dizier site (France). This will primarily affect production jobs.
The company has announced that it will work with the works council to find a socially acceptable solution.
As part of the relocation of production, 70 new jobs will be created at the Saint-Dizier site (France) Yanmar Construction Equipment Europe 2025 - FR.
Eurofound (2025), Yanmar Compact Equipment, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 202870, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202870.