Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Marktoberdorf, Asbach-Bäumenheim, Hohenmölsen, Breganze, Hesston
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment
Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C.
28.30 - Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery

120 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
6 November 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2015
Foreseen end date

Description

Fendt, a German manufacturer of tractors, is to cut 120 out of 4,200 jobs.

The management named the strongly decreasing demand as the main reason for the job reduction. The French market, for example, decreased by 25pc last year. Management and the works council are currently negotiating the restructuring plan so that it will be implemented in a socially acceptable manner.

There was no information given on the end date.

UPDATE 2014-12-18: As reported by German daily newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung, job reduction will start in 2015 due to an employment guarantee until the end of 2014. Job reduction shall be implemented mainly by severance payment, early retirement and a transfer agency.


Sources

  • 18 December 2014: Stuttgarter Zeitung
  • 6 November 2014: Augsburger Allgemeine

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Fendt, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 77854, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77854.