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Manufacturing Repair And Installation Of Machinery And Equipment Repair And Installation Of Machinery And Equipment 33.17 - Repair and maintenance of other transport equipment
85 - 147 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 April 2013
Employment effect (start)
27 April 2013
Foreseen end date
30 September 2013
Description
Engineering service provider RBH Logistics, a subsidiary of DB Schenker Rail Deutschland, will cut up to 147 jobs by closing its workshop in Gladbeck-Schultendorf (North Rhine-Westphalia). This is due to an expiring rental contract.
The job cuts will be carried out by the end of September. Maintenance services will be relocated to other workshops owned by Deutsche Bahn. Up to 62 people might be kept; they could possibly be hired by Deutsche Bahn itself.
RBH had previously announced the cut of 101 jobs; most of them have later been otherwise engaged.
RBH Logistics has a total workforce of 830 people.
Sources
26 April 2013: Der Westen (online)
Citation
Eurofound (2013), RBH Logistics, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 75320, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75320.
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