Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Germany
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Stuttgart
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
New offshoring locations
Hungary

115 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
18 December 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Half of the workforce (115 out of 237) will be shed at the automotive department of Hansa Metallwerke in Stuttgart. Part of the production will be relocated in Hungary, where the production costs are lower. 500 people are working on the site in Stuttgart.


Sources

  • 18 December 2004: Stuttgarter Nachrichten
  • 18 December 2004: Stuttgarter Zeitung

Citation

Eurofound (2004), Hansa Metallwerke AG, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 60975, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60975.