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 Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
400 - 500 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 November 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2006
Foreseen end date
30 June 2006
Description
Case and New Holland (CNH), a producer of construction equipment belonging to Italian FIAT, will close its manufacturing unit in Berlin. According to a spokesperson of CNH's headquarters in Turin, the development and distribution unit would not be affected. The company had to strengthen its position in the international market for construction equipment, it was said. There was no information as to how the job losses would be managed.
Eurofound (2005), Case and New Holland, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 62732, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62732.
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