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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
424 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 April 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 July 2009
Description
On 27 April 2009, the automotive supplier Mahle announced to cut 424 jobs at its German production site in Alzenau (Bavaria). At the site, production is to be phased out at the end of July 2009.
Job cuts in Germany are a part of a global cost reduction programme affecting around 10% of the 49,000 strong workforce. Jobs are also lost in Northern and Southern America.
Mahle suffers from a dramatic decline in sales. In addition, it profits shrunk due to the increase of interest expenses and the accrual requirements for currency and raw materials. The pension plans in the USA and Great Britain had also required increased accruals.
Sources
28 April 2009: Handelsblatt
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Mahle, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 68833, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68833.
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