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 Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 September 2007
Employment effect (start)
31 December 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
BMW, the German car manufacturer, has announced that it is to create 150 new jobs at its site in Leipzig. The firm plans to construct a new press shop at the site that will also include a new production line for components. Work on the new press shop is due to start by the end of 2007 and it is expected that it will be finished by the end of 2009. BMW currently employs 5000 at its Leipzig site.
Sources
20 September 2007: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2007), BMW, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 65820, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65820.
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