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European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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As announced on 20 November 2025, the German building supplier and specialist for windows and façades, Schüco, plans to cut 280 jobs in Germany by the end of 2026. The reductions will mainly affect administrative positions.
The company cites declining sales, rising costs, and a difficult situation in the construction industry in Germany as reasons. The economic downturn also caused the company to cancel plans to open a new logistics centre in Gütersloh. An undertaking that would have created 600 jobs in the region. The company intends to restructure its activities, to explore other international markets and sectors more.
According to the company, the job cuts are intended to be carried out in a socially responsible manner, for instance, through voluntary exit programmes, early-retirement schemes, and a transfer company.
Schüco employs around 6,800 people worldwide, about 4,000 of them in Germany.
Eurofound (2025), Schüco, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 203745, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203745.