Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Denmark
Region
Danmark; Nordjylland; Nordjylland
Location of affected unit(s)
Aalborg, Brande, Vejle
Sector
Manufacturing
(28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment
28.1 - Manufacture of general-purpose machinery
28.11 - Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
600 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
26 September 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2019
Foreseen end date
31 January 2020

Description

On 26 September 2019, the Wind turbine producer Siemens Gamesa informed the Danish press about plans dimiss up to 600 jobs in Denmark. According to the company, the redundancies are due to the phasing out of the onshore wind division in Brande at the end of 2020, just as Siemens Gamesa's factory in Aalborg will cease production of blades for onshore winds by the end of 2019. Despite the dismissals, the factories in Aalborg and Brande will still exist. The factories still produce offshore wind turbines. 

Siemens Gamesa will start negotiations on mitigating the effects of the redundacies with the local Cooperation Committees.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy , Internal restructuring in Denmark, factsheet number 98878, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/98878.