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Erlangen, Offenbach, Duisburg, Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Berlin
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.11 - Manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers
1,100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 December 2012
Employment effect (start)
21 December 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
German multinational Siemens will cut 1,100 jobs at its energy subsidiary ‘Siemens Energy Sector’. It is reported that Siemens wants to reduce involvement in less profitable business areas.
The job cuts, which are part of the restructuring programme “Siemens 2014”, will mostly affect the fossil power generation division and the oil and gas division. It will affect Siemens’ sites in Erlangen (Bavaria), Offenbach (Hesse), Duisburg, Mülheim an der Ruhr (North-Rhine Westphalia) and Berlin and shall be realised by October 2013.
The company aims to avoid forced redundancies and is in talks with worker representatives. In May 2012, Siemens already announced to make 490 workers of its energy transmission section redundant (see here).
Sources
21 December 2012: Handelsblatt (online)
22 December 2012: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Siemens Energy Sector, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 74719, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74719.
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