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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
50 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 December 2008
Employment effect (start)
16 September 2008
Foreseen end date
22 December 2008
Description
Mahle-König, a medium-sized manufacturer of parts of motor vehicle and other engines, reduced its workforce by 50 employees from the end of September to mid-December 2008. This was confirmed by Karlheinz Langner, the firm’s CEO, on 22 December 2008. Accordingly, the dismissals have been necessary due to continuously declining sales - ensuing from the global finance crisis. The company is exclusively located in Rankweil in Vorarlberg, where it employed, before restructuring, 490 workers.
Sources
22 December 2008: Der Standard
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Mahle König, Internal restructuring in Austria, factsheet number 67753, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67753.
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