Bosch

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Germany
Region
Niedersachsen; Hannover; Hildesheim
Location of affected unit(s)
Hildesheim
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
27.4 - Manufacture of lighting equipment
27.4 - Manufacture of lighting equipment
New offshoring locations
Hungary
400 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
22 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
22 October 2013
Foreseen end date
1 January 2018

Description

German automotive supplier Bosch is to cut up to 400 jobs in Hildesheim (Lower Saxony) until 2018.

The measure is due to weak sales in Europe and increased competition. The main part of the company’s production of starters is to be relocated to a Bosch site in Miskolc, Hungary.

The company aims to avoid forced redundancies and is to promote the relocation of workers to other production sites.

In total, Bosch employs 3,500 people in Hildesheim (of which 1,350 in the production of starters) and a total of 120,000 in Germany. For former restructurings see Bosch (2013), Bosch (2011/1) and Bosch (2011/2).

Sources

  • 23 October 2013: Handelsblatt
  • 22 October 2013: Stuttgarter Zeitung
  • 22 October 2013: Focus

Citation

Eurofound (2013), Bosch, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 76086, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76086.