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. 28.11 - Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
148 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2017
Foreseen end date
1 April 2017
Description
The German wind mill manufacturer, Siemens Wind Power, announced in January 2017 that 148 employees would be laid off at the factory in Aalborg, Northern Jutland. The reason is not a downturn in demand; on the contrary, orders have been increasing during the last year. "We can do the same now, just with fewer people. In short, it is about streamlining the production", chief of press Mr. Rasmus Windfeld said.
After the mandatory negotiations with the employees' representatives, it was decided that 73 employees would leave the company on 1 February, with the remaining 78 scheduled to leave on 1 April 2017.
Sources
12 January 2017: Borsen.dk
26 January 2017: Fagbladet3f.dk
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Siemens Wind Power, Internal restructuring in Denmark, factsheet number 90245, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90245.
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