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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
500 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 August 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Siemens agreed with the works council of its gear unit division on a reduction of 500 jobs until 2016. While the sites in Herne and Vreden are being closed, production will be concentrated at the sites in Bocholt, Voerde and Mussum.
Part of the agreement with the works council is that there will be no direct dismissals. The job cuts will be realised by way of partial retirement, voluntary redundancy and by natural attrition. The company stated that these job reductions are part of a variety of cost reduction plans.
Sources
27 August 2012: Handelsblatt
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Siemens, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 74045, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74045.
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