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.
Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.2 - Manufacture of bodies and coachwork for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers 29.20 - Manufacture of bodies and coachwork for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers
1,000 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 April 2025
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
The German automotive supplier Webasto is cutting around 650 jobs at its sites in Stockdorf, Gilching, Hengersberg, Utting (Bavaria) and Neubrandenburg (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) by the end of 2025 as part of a restructuring programme. The reason for the job cuts is the difficult market situation in the automotive industry and the pressure to transform, which requires an increase in efficiency and productivity. The job cuts are focused on jobs in administration and development.
As a result of negotiations between the company and the Works Council, it was agreed that the job cuts would be implemented via transfer companies with a term of up to twelve months, supported by a reconciliation of interests with a social plan. Webasto produces car roofs, heating/cooling solutions and battery systems worldwide. The company employs around 3,700 people in Germany.
In 2018, part of the production was relocated from Germany to Slovakia Webasto 2018 - DE.
Updated, 22/10/2025
Webasto has just announced that, as part of its ongoing restructuring process, in total 1,000 positions in Germany will be eliminated in 2025, 300 more than originally announced in April. The company intends to implement the job reductions in a socially responsible manner. A social plan has been agreed upon with the works council.
Eurofound (2025), Webasto, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 202906, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202906.
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