Mercedes

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Bremen
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
1,100 - 1,200 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
27 October 2004
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2005
Foreseen end date

Description

Between 1,100 and 1,200 jobs will be shed in the beginning of 2005 at the Mercedes site in Bremen, employing some 15,000 workers. 800 workers at most could be employed on other production sites (Rastatt, Berlin, Hamburg-Harburg), the remaining of the job reduction will be made on a voluntary basis or through retirement measures.

Sources

  • 27 October 2004: Frankfurter Rundschau

Citation

Eurofound (2004), Mercedes, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 60739, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60739.