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.
Carl Zeiss Meditec, a German specialist in ophthalmology and microsurgery technologies, announced that it will cut up to 1,000 jobs worldwide by the fiscal year 2028/29. The company’s workforce will be reduced as part of an austerity plan aimed at improving profitability and positioning for long-term competitiveness. They have facilities in Germany, the United States, Spain, France, Turkey and the United Kingdom, also R&D centers in China and India.
The restructuring is driven by a need to streamline operations, shed low-margin products, and shift certain activities toward low-cost countries while strengthening production in China – a partial offshoring element that signals a strategic cost-efficiency move.
Eurofound (2026), Carl Zeiss Meditec, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 300663, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/300663.
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