The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 11.0 - Manufacture of beverages 11.05 - Manufacture of beer
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 February 2026
Employment effect (start)
17 February 2026
Foreseen end date
Description
Privatbrauerei Eichbaum, a German brewery, has announced plans to cut around 100 jobs in Mannheim, roughly one-third of its current workforce of about 290 employees. The reductions will affect production staff as well as employees in administration and technical trades.
The restructuring is a consequence of the company’s insolvency and its efforts to secure new investors to safeguard operations. Management describes the cuts as a necessary step to ensure the brewery’s long‑term viability.
The works council responded by noting that employees were taken by surprise and that production staff will be hardest hit by the measures.
Eichbaum currently employs around 290 people, a figure expected to fall below 200 once the planned cuts take effect.
Eurofound (2026), Privatbrauerei Eichbaum, Bankruptcy in Germany, factsheet number 204265, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/204265.
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