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 29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
29 November 2012
Employment effect (start)
29 November 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013
Description
As announced on November 29, 2012, General Motors subsidiary Opel will cut 300 jobs in Bochum. This is due to a cost savings programme. However, the works council announced to fight this decision.
The job cuts affect the gear production. In total, Opel employs 3,000 people in Bochum. Since the company announced plans to discontinue the Zafira production in 2016 in Bochum, the site will be shut down in 2016.
Opel had cut 500 management positions in Bochum and Rüsselsheim (see Factsheet 21599) and announced the part closure of its research centre in Kastel (see Factsheet 22291) earlier this year.
Sources
10 December 2012: Handelsblatt
29 November 2012: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
29 November 2012: Handelsblatt
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Opel, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 74643, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74643.
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