Vibromax

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Germany
Region
Sachsen-Anhalt; Sachsen-Anhalt; Salzlandkreis
Location of affected unit(s)
Gatersleben
Sector
Manufacturing
(28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment
28.9 - Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery
28.99 - Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.
New offshoring locations
United Kingdom, India
150 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
13 March 2014
Employment effect (start)
13 March 2014
Foreseen end date
30 June 2014

Description

British engineering company JCB will close its Vibromax production site for soil and asphalt compaction equipment in Gatersleben (Saxony-Anhalt) by June 2014 and relocate production to UK and India. All 150 employees will be made redundant. The closure is said to be due to structural shifts in the market.

Talks with worker representatives have been announced.

JCB acquired Vibromax in 2005. 

Sources

  • 13 March 2014: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Vibromax, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 76731, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76731.