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Rheinland-Pfalz; Rheinhessen-Pfalz; Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Location of affected unit(s)
Ludwigshafen
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
New offshoring locations
Uruguay, Malaysia
600 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 January 2021
Employment effect (start)
22 January 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
As announced on 22 January 2021, the German chemical company BASF will be cutting 600 jobs at its site in Ludwigshafen until the end 2022 due to offshoring and relocation. In the future, the company plans to locate its service sector activities at company's sites in Berlin, Kuala Lumpur and Montevideo. The reduction is part of a worldwide restructuring in the company’s Global Business Service unit affecting approximately 2,000 employees. The restructuring will help BASF to save up to €200 million annually. Since compulsory redundancies are excluded by a company agreement until 2025, BASF will achieve its goal via natural fluctuation and cancellation agreements. The unit was only created at the beginning of 2020 and includes 8,400 employees.
Previous job reductions were announced in June 2019 (Münster, 200 jobs and Ludwigshafen, 3000 jobs) and in January 2021 (Leuna, 100 jobs).
Eurofound (2021), BASF, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 103490, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/103490.
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