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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
500 jobs Number of planned job losses
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 February 2015
Employment effect (start)
20 February 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
German automotive supplier Mahle has indicated it will cut 370 jobs in Germany over the next four years as part of a plan to reduce personnel costs by 15%.
The job reduction will affect several sites. Only two have been named so far. In Rottweil, between 200 and 300 out of 1,000 jobs will be cut. In Gaildorf, 100 out of 350 jobs will be made redundant. On the other hand, Mahle will create 130 jobs in Leibertingen so that the net job reduction of 500 is reduced to 370.
According to management, tough competition with sites in Eastern Europe and several other regions is the main reason for the reduction.
Mahle is the fourth biggest automotive supplier in Germany, employing 66,000 people worldwide, around 14,000 of them in Germany.
Eurofound (2015), Mahle, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 78464, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78464.
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