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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
1,800 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 January 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
On 22 January 2013, automotive supplier Benteler announced plans to reduce its European workforce by 1,800 employees to reduce its costs.
According to a company spokesperson, Benteler will reduce staff mainly at its purchasing and administrative units – not at its production units. Paderborn, Bentler’s largest production plant, will be most severely affected by the job reductions. No concrete numbers have been announced yet, as the company will enter discussions with employee representatives during the coming weeks.
Benteler, a family-run business with headquarters in Salzburg, Austria, currently employs around 22,000 staff and operates across 38 countries.
Sources
23 January 2013: Automobil Produktion
23 January 2013: Neue Westfälische Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Benteler, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 74889, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74889.
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