Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Mahle Electric Drives Slovenija (MEDS), the German manufacturer of electric drive systems and mechatronics for hybrid and electric vehicles, announced 600 layoffs in 2025.
The company plans to cut 340 jobs in 2025 as part of an optimization of the organizational structure aimed at increasing efficiency. Additionally, 270 jobs will be cut as part of the relocation of production to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary. The decision was attributed to weak demand in Europe's automotive market. Guntram Haas, CEO of Mahle Electric Drives Slovenia, stated that the company is currently facing a decline in automotive and other markets in which it operates.
This is the second round of redundancies this year (see Mahle Electronic Drive – SI).
Updated, 4/8/2025 Originally, 610 people were expected to lose their jobs at Mahle in Šempeter pri Gorici, but almost 200 of them have already found new employment elsewhere. A further 100 workers will be made redundant in August, followed by 24 in September. The remaining 270 will lose their jobs in 2026 when alternator production moves to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The union has negotiated a series of measures to protect workers' rights, including priority dismissal for those who are eligible to retire, severance payments for volunteers and incentives for those who stay with the company until the end of production in Slovenia. The union also managed to postpone the relocation until 2026, extending the employment of around 270 workers by approximately one year. Despite these efforts, the union stresses that this is one of the biggest social upheavals in the region in recent years.
Eurofound (2024), Mahle Electronic Drive, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Slovenia, factsheet number 201726, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/201726.
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