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Nordrhein-Westfalen; Düsseldorf; Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt
Location of affected unit(s)
Düsseldorf
Sector
Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
340 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 May 2012
Employment effect (start)
31 May 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
As reported on 31 May 2012 by Rheinische Post, ThyssenKrupp subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Presta, an automotive supplier, will close its site in Düsseldorf by the end of 2012 and 155 jobs will be cut.
In total, ThyssenKrupp Presta employs 340 people in Düsseldorf, 140 of them are employed on fixed-term contracts, which are to expire, and other employees who, ThyssenKrupp Presta hopes, may accept early retirement.
Sources
31 May 2012: RP Online
31 May 2012: Financial Times Deutschland
Citation
Eurofound (2012), ThyssenKrupp Presta, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 73663, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73663.