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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.95 - Manufacture of machinery for paper and paperboard production
550 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 May 2012
Employment effect (start)
22 May 2012
Foreseen end date
31 October 2013
Description
As announced on 22 May 2012, a mechanical engineering company Voith will cut 635 jobs at its paper section in Germany by autumn 2013. The restructuring is due to the progressing digitalization in the print sector, especially concerning newspapers and magazines.
In total, Voith aims to cut 710 jobs in Germany and Austria. German sites which are affected are Heidenheim (280), Ravensburg (300) and Krefeld (55). Those sites mainly produce large paper and packaging machines, the demand for which is decreasing.
Voith paper employs 10,000 employees worldwide. As the company announced, the restructuring program will be designed in a way to avoid forced dismissals.
UPDATE 08-11-2012: In November 2012 it was reported that job cuts in Ravensburg will be limited to 218. Thus, the total number of job reductions will amount to about 550.
Sources
14 December 2013: Westdeutsche Zeitung
3 August 2013: Südwest Presse
8 November 2012: Schwäbische Zeitung
24 May 2012: Südkurier
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Voith, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 73617, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73617.
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