Daimler

Type
Business expansion
Country
Germany
Region
Rheinland-Pfalz;
Location of affected unit(s)
Düsseldorf, Ludwigsfelde
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
16 June 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Car manufacturer Daimler has announced that it will invest EUR 17m in its two transporter manufacturing plants at Düsseldorf and Ludwigsfelde due to an increasing demand for the transporter model 'Sprinter'. The measure is expected to result in the creation of 500 new jobs at the two sites. As of June 2008, it is unknow when either employment at the two plants will commence or the new jobs will be created by.

Sources

  • 17 June 2008: Financial Times Deutschland

Citation

Eurofound (2008), Daimler, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 66741, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66741.