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 Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.92 - Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction
189 - 231 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
16 December 2016
Employment effect (start)
16 December 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
On 16 December 2016, Caterpillar, US producer of mining vehicles, announced to cut between 189 and 231 jobs in Germany. The affected sites will be Lünen, where 830 employees are working at the moment and Wuppertal with 60 employees.
Negotiations between the management and the works council will start in January 2017 and are expected to finish on 14 February.
Caterpillar already announced that the company cannot exclude direct dismissals.
The company is currently struggling with the difficult economic situation within the mining industry. This will be the third round of job cuts within the last years, see Caterpillar (2015) and Caterpillar (2013). Caterpillar employs about 3,900 staff in Germany and 114,352 staff members worldwide.
Sources
16 December 2016: WDR (online)
23 December 2016: Ruhrnachrichten Online
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Caterpillar, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 89695, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89695.
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