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.
Siemens Energy, an Austria-based manufacturer in the electrical equipment sector, announced the creation of around 450 new jobs at its newly opened transformer production facility in Wollsdorf (Styria), which will focus on components for wind-energy applications. The site, part of the company’s Grid Technologies division, will manufacture transformers used to adjust voltage levels within wind turbines, enabling efficient integration of renewable electricity into transmission grids.
The expansion is driven by rising international demand for wind-energy infrastructure and the need to separate the production of wind-power transformers from the existing Weiz plant, where such components were previously produced alongside large network transformers. Operations at the new unit will take place on a significantly enlarged production area and will rely on a multinational workforce. The new positions appear to be permanent, full-time manufacturing and technical roles.
Representatives from regional and national government, customers and senior management welcomed the investment, highlighting its contribution to regional industrial development and renewable-energy supply chains.
Siemens Energy is a global provider of energy-technology solutions with operations in more than 90 countries and a substantial Austrian workforce.
Eurofound (2025), Siemens Energy, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 203749, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203749.
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