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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
890 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 October 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
On 24 October 2016, US-based tyre manufacturer Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany announced to close their tire manufacturing plant at Philippsburg. The closure will start in the first quarter of 2017 and finished end of 2017.
At the moment 890 people are working at the site in Philippsburg. The company expects that all the 890 employees will be affected but negotiations with the Mining, Chemicals and Energy Industrial Union (IG BCE) have yet to start. The union as well as the mayor of Philippsburg already announced to protest against the closure. The company seeks to find socially acceptable solutions and support for their employees.
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany explained the closure with a strategic reorientation towards the production of premium tires. Goodyear produces at six sites with a total of 7,600 employees in Germany. The company already cut 116 jobs in 2015 (Goodyear Dunlop, 2015).
Sources
24 October 2016: Goodyear press release
25 October 2016: Süddeutsche Zeitung
25 October 2016: Stuttgarter Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany , Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 89032, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89032.
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