The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
185 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
28 May 2014
Employment effect (start)
28 May 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
German automotive supplier Trelleborg Vibracoustic is to cut 185 jobs at its sites in Breuberg and Neuenburg. As reported, 100 out of 230 jobs will be lost at the company site in Breuenberg and 85 out of 500 jobs at the Neunburg site.
According to the sources, Trelleborg Vibracoustic plans to transfer part of the production activities to Romania. The timeframe for the restructuring is not known yet.
Trelleborg Vibracoustic is a German producer of anti-vibration systems. It is a joint venture firm of Trelleborg and the Freudenberg group. For a previously reported restructuring event see Trelleborg Vibracoustic – 2013.
Sources
27 May 2014: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Trelleborg Vibracoustic, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 77136, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77136.
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