Type
Closure
Country
Germany
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Meppen; Laichingen
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment
Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C.
28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.

500 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
27 September 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010

Description

Metabo, a firm that manufactures electrical tools, is to close two sites in Meppen and Laichingen with the loss of approximately 500 jobs. The job losses will be implemented by the end of 2010. Metabo employs a total of 1600 within Germany.


Sources

  • 28 September 2007: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  • 27 September 2007: Handelsblatt

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Metabo, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 65852, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65852.