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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.11 - Manufacture of electronic components
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 October 2021
Employment effect (start)
24 October 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023
Description
At the end of October 2021, Koch Industries announced to close its Funkwerk-Molex Dabendorf plant producing chips and smart devises by the end of 2023.
After serious staff protests, the parent company Koch industries decided nonetheless to close the plant and restructure the business. The staff number was already reduced from 500 to 400 employees throughout 2021. In the next two years, Koch Industries wants to shed another 300 positions. The remaining 100 employees are to be employed in Berlin where Molex' will pool the research and development unit.
Eurofound (2021), Molex-Funkwerk Dabendorf, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 105601, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105601.
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