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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.2 - Manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers
New offshoring locations
Slovakia
260 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 August 2018
Employment effect (start)
29 June 2018
Foreseen end date
29 June 2020
Description
The German automotive supplier Webasto will be cutting 260 jobs in Hengersberg (160) and Regensburg (100) within the next two years due to internal restructuring. Webasto is facing expiring projects and a major relocation to Slovakia in this timeframe, making cuts necessary.
Works council and management have already agreed on a social plan for affected employees.
Webasto has 12,785 employees worldwide.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Webasto, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 94813, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94813.