Fehrer

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Kitzingen, Leipzig
Sector
Manufacturing
(28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment
28.1 - Manufacture of general-purpose machinery
28.11 - Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
180 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
26 March 2013
Employment effect (start)
26 March 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014

Description

German automotive supplier Fehrer will make 620 people redundant. Fehrer will end the production in Kitzingen (Bavaria), where 500 of the current 950 people will be made redundant. The research and development section and parts of the administration will remain at this site. Additionally, the Leipzig site will be closed and 120 jobs will be cut. Simultaneously, production in Wackersdorf (Bavaia) and Braunschweig (Lower Saxony) will be expanded. Worker representatives announced resistance against the company’s plans. The restructuring shall be completed by the end of 2014.

Updated, 15/01/2014: In January, Fehrer announced to cut only 180 jobs in Kitzingen. 

Updated, 28/04/2014: As announced the final job cuts in Kitzingen are 60.

Sources

  • 28 April 2014: mainpost.de
  • 15 January 2014: mainpost.de
  • 26 March 2013: Mainpost

Citation

Eurofound (2013), Fehrer, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 75184, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75184.