Klemme

Type
Business expansion
Country
Germany
Region
Sachsen-Anhalt; Sachsen-Anhalt; Mansfeld-Südharz
Location of affected unit(s)
Eisleben
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.7 - Manufacture of bakery and farinaceous products
10.72 - Manufacture of rusks, biscuits, preserved pastries and cakes
300 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
7 January 2015
Employment effect (start)
7 January 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015

Description

Klemme, a German bakery business, is to create 300 jobs in Eisleben in 2015. Last year the company started building its seventh production plant which is due to go into operation at the beginning of June 2015.

Klemme mainly wants to produce pan cakes and doughnuts in the new plant. Currently, Klemme employs around 1,400 people in Eisleben.

The company was taken over by Swiss Aryzta which has invested 100 million Euros into the new building. In 2012, the company already created 100 new jobs in Eisleben (see Klemme-2012).

Sources

  • 7 January 2015: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung Online

Citation

Eurofound (2015), Klemme, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 78178, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/78178.