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The meat producer EWN Wurstspezialitäten (“Eberswalder Wurst”) will close its plant in Britz (Brandenburg) on 28 February 2026. The closure affects all 500 employees.
The reasons cited are a decline in sales, international price pressure, rising costs, and above all, necessary investments in the plant that would not have paid off.
An agreement on a balance of interests and a social plan has been reached; however, the Food, Beverages and Catering Union (NGG) criticises it as inadequate.
The site was taken over in 2023 by the Zur-Mühlen Group, which belongs to the Tönnies Holding. The “Eberswalder” brand will be retained, and the products will be manufactured at another location.
Eurofound (2026), EWN Wurstspezialitäten, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 203947, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203947.