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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.11 - Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres
116 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 October 2015
Employment effect (start)
5 October 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Goodyear Dunlop Germany, the US-based tyre manufacturer, will cut around 116 out of 900 jobs at Wittlich by the end of 2016 and more generally the production of passenger car tyres will be gradually reduced. The production plant in Wittlich will shortly be completely aligned for the production and retreading of lorry tyres.
The job reduction will be affected by reducing temporary positions, internal relocations and voluntary redundancies among other things. The company is optimistic that compulsory redundancies can be avoided through the implementation of a social plan.
Goodyear was founded in 1898 and Dunlop in 1889. In 1999 it joined forces to create Goodyear Dunlop and its German headquarter is in Hanau. The company is a subsidiary of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Currently, about 4,000 employees are working for Goodyear Dunlop in Germany and the company has 900 employees in Wittlich.
Sources
5 October 2015: Trierischer Volksfreund Online
2 October 2015: Reifenpresse Online
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Goodyear Dunlop, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 85145, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/85145.
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