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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
130 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 July 2020
Employment effect (start)
27 July 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
The German automotive supplier Eberspächer announced the closure of its plant in Schwäbisch Gmünd which will result in 130 redundancies. The management informed works council and employees of the decision and blamed the current economic crisis for this drastic step. Reportedly, under the current conditions the company cannot cover its production costs. Eberspächer has been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis and does not expect to recover in the foreseeable future, making this step inevitable. Management and works council will start negotiation on a social plan shortly.
A time frame for the closure has yet to be announced.
Eurofound (2020), Eberspächer, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 101445, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101445.
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