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European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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Due to accumulated losses of its chips manufacturing subsidiary Qimonda, the international semiconductor producer Infineon Technologies currently faces substantial economic difficulties. Accumulated losses from April to June 2008 amounted to € 592 million. According to management, the particularly high exchange rate of the Euro in relation to the US-Dollar has negatively influenced the company’s business activities. A world-wide redundancy programme, known as IFX 10+ plan, has been developed which aims at cutting 3,000 of the current 43,000 jobs at Infineon Technologies and its subsidiary Qimonda, affecting all sites, employee groups and hierarchical layers, it was said.
Eurofound (2008), Infineon Technologies, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 66936, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66936.