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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.11 - Manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers
110 - 200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 March 2015
Employment effect (start)
19 March 2015
Foreseen end date
31 March 2016
Description
Alstom Grid Messwandler, a manufacturer of instrument transformers, has decided to relocate production from its unit in Ludwigslust to Kassel by April 2016 cutting 110 jobs.
The closure of Ludwigslust site affects 200 people. 90 of them will be offered new jobs in Kassel, so that 110 jobs will be cut in total. According to the production manager, the closure was necessary due to a decrease of production volume. The company has also lost one of its main clients.
The company is a subsidiary of Alstom, a French energy and transport company employing around 93,000 people worldwide, 8,600 of them in Germany.
Sources
19 March 2015: Ludwigsluster Tageblatt
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Alstom Grid Messwandler, Relocation in Germany, factsheet number 79167, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79167.
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