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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.51 - Casting of iron
90 - 120 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 September 2014
Employment effect (start)
26 September 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
On 26 September 2014, casting house ACO Passavant Guss announced to shut down its foundry in Aarbergen. Between 90 and 120 employees will lose their jobs due to this closure. In Aarbergen, ACO Passavant Guss employs around 260 people in total. Details of the job reduction are to be negotiated between works council and management, topics include the setting up of a social plan.
The location in Aarbergen shall be maintained, but in the future ACO will buy in castings from external production. The date of the closure is not specified yet.
Sources
26 September 2014: Wiesbadener Kurier Online
29 September 2014: Nassauische Neue Presse Online
Citation
Eurofound (2014), ACO Passavant Guss, Outsourcing in Germany, factsheet number 77722, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77722.
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