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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.1 - Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys
350 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 May 2013
Employment effect (start)
19 May 2013
Foreseen end date
1 January 2014
Description
Austrian steel company Voestalpine announced its plans to close its subsidiary TSTG Schienen Technik in Duisburg (North Rhine-Westfalia) and thus make 350 people redundant. This is due to overcapacities and price pressure. Job cuts will be implemented by January 2014. A social plan is in place providing severance payments and job-search assistance i.e. employees may have the possibility to be employed in a transfer company for twelve months and gain job experience.
Sources
18 May 2013: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (online)
Citation
Eurofound (2013), TSTG Schienen Technik, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 75446, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75446.
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