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 Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.11 - Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
180 jobs Number of planned job losses
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://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75184.
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