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Manufacturing (22 - 23) Manufacture of rubber, plastic and non-metallic minerals 23.1 - Manufacture of glass and glass products 23.11 - Manufacture of flat glass
220 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
28 November 2025
Employment effect (start)
28 November 2025
Foreseen end date
23 December 2025
Description
As announced on 28 November 2025, the search for an investor for the insolvent solar glass manufacturer Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg has failed. The closure will affect 220 employees in Tschernitz (Brandenburg), who are expected to receive their termination notices before Christmas 2025.
The insolvency is attributed to the crisis in the German solar industry caused by high energy prices and price pressure from China. With Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg closing, the last European solar glass manufacturer will disappear.
On 1 December 2025, 150 employees of the company protested against the closure following a call by the Industrial Union for Mining, Chemicals, and Energy (IG BCE).
The company was bought by the Indian solar glass producer Borosil Renewables in 2022.
Eurofound (2025), Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg, Bankruptcy in Germany, factsheet number 203791, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203791.
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