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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 November 2016
Employment effect (start)
11 November 2016
Foreseen end date
30 November 2018
Description
The Germany-based Tesla Grohmann Automation announced it will hire up to 1,000 skilled workers by November 2018. The company is a mechanical engineering company specialised in plant construction for production processes. Grohmann first announced its expansion plans in November 2016. In January 2017, Tesla acquired Grohmann Engineering and renamed it Tesla Grohmann Automation.
It remains uncertain whether the company will be able to fill all positions, due to a shortage of skilled workers in the German engineering sector. Already in May 2017, the German Metalworkers’ Union estimated there was a shortage of 300 skilled workers.
In July 2017, Tesla Grohmann Automation announced termination of the cooperation with car manufactures like BMW and Daimler.
At the moment, about 700 staff members are employed at Tesla Grohmann Automation.
Sources
11 November 2016: Trierischer Volksfreund
5 May 2017: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
8 June 2017: Stuttgarter Zeitung
13 July 2017: electrive.net
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Tesla Grohmann Automation , Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 91612, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91612.
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