Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Niedersachsen; Weser-Ems; Osnabrück
Location of affected unit(s)
Osnabruck
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles

80 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
13 November 2013
Employment effect (start)
13 November 2013
Foreseen end date

Description

Automotive supplier Automotive is to cut 80 jobs in Osnabruck (Lower Saxony). The job cuts are mainly to affect RD, sales and the purchasing department. The initiative is due to weak sectoral demand.

Talks with worker representatives have been announced.

Valmet is based in Finland, employing 400 staff in Osnabruck. In 2010, the company had acquired the production plant in Osnabruck from the bankrupt Karmann.


Sources

  • 13 November 2013: Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung

Citation

Eurofound (2013), Valmet, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 76203, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76203.