KSB

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Frankenthal, Pegnitz, Homburg
Sector
Manufacturing
(28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment
28.1 - Manufacture of general-purpose machinery
28.13 - Manufacture of other pumps and compressors
255 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
12 June 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016

Description

German manufacturer of pumps and mountings KSB announced to cut 255 jobs. As reported the job reduction measure will start in 2015 and is to be implemented by the end of 2016. It will affect the company’s production sites in Frankenthal, Pegnitz and Homburg. According to the sources the weak operational results is the main reason for the measure.

By the end of 2013, KSB employed 5,300 people in Germany. The recently announced job reduction measure is in addition to 250 planned job cuts within 2014. 

Sources

  • 12 June 2014: KSB (Press release)
  • 13 June 2014: Nürnberger Zeitung
  • 13 June 2014: Stuttgarter Zeitung
  • 13 June 2014: SHK Tacheles.de

Citation

Eurofound (2014), KSB, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 77186, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77186.