The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.2 - Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery
New offshoring locations
Poland
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
50 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 July 2016
Employment effect (start)
26 July 2016
Foreseen end date
31 October 2017
Description
On 26 July 2016, the system developers and suppliers of exhaust technology, vehicle heaters and bus air conditioning systems Eberspächer announced plans to cut 150 of 1,350 jobs at its headquarter in Esslingen. Job cuts are due high production costs in Germany. Therefore, the company will relocate the production of auxiliary heaters to its site in Olawa (Poland) till autumn 2017. Already in 2014 the company had announced jobcuts in Neunkirchen (Eberspächer, 2014)
The company made sure that the production of the newest developments will stay in Esslingen and announced plans to create up to 50 jobs on sales and development in return.
The deputy chairman of the works council Fatih Demirkol announced tough negotiations. The management seeks fair negotiations.
Sources
27 July 2016: Esslinger Zeitung
28 July 2016: Nürtinger Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Eberspächer, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 88391, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88391.
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