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. 28.92 - Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 April 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
Liebherr MCCtec, a leading manufacturer of construction machinery, announced to create 200 jobs at its site in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. 30 jobs will be created in 2012, another 170 shall follow within the next years. The plans imply a shifting of operations from Austria to Rostock to meet orders from companies located at the sea ports of the Baltic Sea, namely from Rostock. No jobs shall be shed in Austria.
Sources
14 April 2012: Rostock Schweriner Volkszeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Liebherr MCCtec, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 73470, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73470.
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