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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.7 - Manufacture of optical instruments and photographic equipment
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 November 2014
Employment effect (start)
12 November 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
Carl Zeiss, Germany’s leading optical and opto-technical company, is to cut 150 jobs in Germany in the microscopy department where currently 3,000 people are employed.
Microscopy has recently accounted for a turnover of 629 million euros, which is 15pc of the company’s total turnover. However, according to the management, the department is not profitable. In the coming three years, Zeiss wants to save a three-digit million euro sum. Job reductions shall be implemented in a socially acceptable manner, but operational dismissals are not excluded.
The 150 German jobs to be cut are part of the cost saving program which aims to cut 300 jobs worldwide. In total, Zeiss employs 24,000 people.
Sources
14 November 2014: FAZ
13 November 2014: Aalener Nachrichten
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Carl Zeiss, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 77850, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77850.
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