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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Basic Pharmaceutical Products And Pharmaceutical Preparations 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
New offshoring locations
Not Available
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 May 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
As announced on 31 May 2012, German chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck will relocate its administration site Merck Shared Services Europe (MSSE) in Darmstadt to Eastern Europe. As a result of the move some 200 jobs will be lost. The management is currently holding talks with employee representatives.
The delocalisation is part of Merck's "Fit for 2018" programme. Worldwide, Merck employs 40,000 people.
Sources
31 May 2012: Handelsblatt (online)
31 May 2012: Financial Times Deutschland
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Merck, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 73662, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73662.
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