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 Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25.91 - Manufacture of steel drums and similar containers
97 - 100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
6 August 2014
Employment effect (start)
6 August 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
As announced on 6 August 2014, German steel producer VAI Fuchs is planning to dismiss around 100 people. The company will cease production in Willstaett. Following the job cuts, this site will solely focus on product development. Currently around 262 people work in Willstaett.
VAI Fuchs belongs to Austrian Siemens VAI Metals Technologies which employs around 9,000 people in total.
Sources
6 August 2014: econo.de
6 August 2014: inside-b.de
Citation
Eurofound (2014), VAI Fuchs, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 77442, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77442.
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