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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.70 - Manufacture of optical instruments and photographic equipment
180 - 280 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
25 September 2015
Employment effect (start)
6 October 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
Carl Zeiss microscopy, the German precise mechanical and optical industry company, will cut around 180 out of 550 jobs at its microscopy plant in Göttingen and Oberkochen.
The company will cut around 130 jobs in Germany, out of which 50 jobs will be cut in Oberkochen and 80 jobs in Göttingen. In addition, 150 jobs will be relocated within the company (to Jena, Germany and China). Another 50 jobs will be cut abroad. This job reduction is due to cost pressure in the microscopy department.
Carl Zeiss microscopy is a subsidiary of Carl Zeiss, which is a German leading optical and opto-technical company. Carl Zeiss microscopy is headquartered in Jena, additional production and development plants are in Göttingen, Munich, Oberkochen, Cambridge and Peabody. Carl Zeiss, the parent company, had already announced in November 2014 that 150 jobs will be cut in Germany in the microscopy department in Göttingen and Oberkochen. Since then, around 100 out of the affected 150 employees have accepted compensation offers or early retirement.
Sources
25 September 2015: Hannoversche Allgemeine (online)
1 October 2015: Göttinger Tageblatt (online)
25 September 2015: HNA Online
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Carl Zeiss Microscopy, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 84975, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84975.
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