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.
As announced on 30 October 2025, German medical technology company Leica Biosystems plans to cut around 90 jobs at its headquarters in Nußloch (Baden-Württemberg) and relocate them to China and the USA. Currently, 300 employees work at the Nußloch site, meaning the job cuts would affect 30 percent of the workforce.
The dismissals follow a voluntary exit programme and are expected to impact departments such as marketing, service and support, and research and development.
As the measures primarily affect long-established employees, the works council is seeking to prevent dismissals. The "IG Metall Heidelberg" union hopes to negotiate a social plan. In case the involved parties cannot agree on a socially responsible solution, legal measures will be taken.
Globally, Leica Biosystems employs around 3,000 people.
Eurofound (2025), Leica Biosystems, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 203618, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203618.
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