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
800 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 January 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
Daimler Trucks, a leading manufacturer of trucks and part of the German Daimler group, will cut 800 posts in Germany.
According to the German daily Handelsblatt, the company intends to save EUR 1.6 bn in costs by 2014. This also includes an additional 1,300 redundancies worldwide. The 800 job cuts in Germany will affect non-manufacturing units involved in project-based work on new models and technical innovation. There shall be no direct dismissals.
Negotiations with the works council have not started yet.
Sources
31 January 2013: Handelsblatt
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Daimler Trucks, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 74857, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74857.
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