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 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
110 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
6 December 2010
Employment effect (start)
6 December 2010
Foreseen end date
1 January 2011
Description
On 6 December 2010, the automotive supplier Allgaier made an announcement to cut 110 jobs at its site in Uhingen by 1 January 2011. In Uhingen 1,240 staff was employed at the end of 2009. Overall the company employed 1,941 employees in 2009. Furthermore the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that the firm had run a deficit in 2009.
Sources
7 December 2010: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Allgaier, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 71285, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71285.
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