Bosch Automotive Electronics

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Reutlingen, Ansbach, Salzgitter
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
29.31 - Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles
500 - 600 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
28 November 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2020
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022

Description

The German car supplier Bosch will cut more than 600 positions at the engine-manufacturing plants in Reutlingen, Ansbach (Bavaria) and in Salzgitter (Lower Saxony). The job cuts are motivated by decreasing orders of engines with internal combustion and transition to new electric technology. The Reutlingen plant will suffer alone 500 of the redundancies. In December 2019, the company's management informed that the workforce will be reduced by natural fluctuation and early retirement.

Currently, the employees are protesting and the works council is negotiating with the management.  

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), Bosch Automotive Electronics, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 99380, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/99380.