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.
225 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2006
Foreseen end date
31 December 2006
Description
The German family-owned machine tool manufacturer and laser-technology specialist Trumpf reported florishing business figures and an increase in its German and international workforce by 450 in 2005.
On 18 October 2006, the company announced the creation of another 450 jobs in 2006, about half of them in Germany.
Trumpf employs a workforce of about 4,000 in Germany and of 2,480 in European locations and overseas.
Sources
19 October 2006: Financial Times Deutschland
19 October 2006: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Trumpf, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 64287, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64287.
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