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Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Sugenheim (Mittelfranken)
Sector
Manufacturing (16 - 17) Manufacture of wood and paper materials 17.2 - Manufacture of articles of paper and paperboard 17.23 - Manufacture of paper stationery
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 September 2025
Employment effect (start)
26 September 2025
Foreseen end date
1 January 2028
Description
Stationery manufacturer Staedtler plans to close two plants by 2028. The plants in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz and Sugenheim (both in Bavaria) will be affected, impacting around 300 employees. The processes are to be integrated into the main production site in Nuremberg, and employees will be offered jobs there. Currently, around 100 employees work in Sugenheim and around 200 at the Neumarkt site in the Upper Palatinate.
The company plans to invest in the construction of a new plant in Eastern Europe due to better economic conditions there. The IG Metall trade union announced resistance, insisting that the sites should be preserved.
Worldwide, the company employs 2,200 people, including 1,200 in Germany.
Eurofound (2025), Staedtler, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 204041, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/204041.
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