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. 28.1 - Manufacture of general-purpose machinery
600 - 640 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 November 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
The German manufacturer Siemens has announced its intention to close the plant producing compressors and gas turbines in Hengelo (east Netherlands), leading in the worst case to the loss of all 640 jobs by the end of 2020. The closure is explained as the effect of the energy transition, leading to the contraction of the oil and gas market and related markets, and is part of the company's global restructuring effort expected to affect some 6,900 employees worldwide.
The closure of the Hengelo site is yet to be agreed on by the works council, and the unions have already announced that they will fight the decision.
Siemens has some 370,000 employees worldwide and is active in a whole range of products, varying from energy, automation technology and construction technology to healthcare.
Sources
17 November 2017: Nu.nl
16 November 2017: wnl.tv
17 November 2017: eenvandaag.nl
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Siemens, Closure in Netherlands, factsheet number 92703, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92703.
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