NEWS Brose to cut 2,000 jobs in Germany
The Brose Group, the Tier 1 automotive supplier based in Coburg, Germany, has launched its Future Brose renewal programme. Aimed at addressing the major headwinds afflicting its earnings, such as the downturn in the automotive industry and rising costs in Germany, this seeks to cut spending so as to enable it to reinvest for growth and continue to offer attractive jobs, it said. “We will take decisive
action,” said CEO Kurt Sauernheimer. “We want to improve quality, develop cutting-edge product
Brose makes mechatronic systems for car doors and seats
innovations and reduce costs in the mid three-digit million range to increase our competitiveness. This is necessary to secure orders, growth and work for our employees.”
Among other things, the
Relocation completed Automotive interior compo-
Injection moulding machinery supplier Ferromatik Milacron, a subsidiary of Milacron Holdings, has completed its relocation from Malterdingen to a new site in Teningen, Germa- ny. This gives it nearly 1,000 m² for application engineering, services and support (APPT). “We have revamped
our European offerings,” said Winfried Stöcklin, who has been managing director of APPT Europe since February. “Our main priority is to provide unparalleled services and support on our machines and deliver parts right away to the customer’s site to ensure efficient operations.” �
www.milacron.com
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number of jobs in Germany will be cut by about 2,000, mostly in the central and business divisions, by late 2022. This will primarily affect the Bamberg, Hallstadt, Coburg and Würzburg sites, where 600 jobs will go.
Closure systems will be removed from the Wuppertal site, affecting another 200. Brose said that it will seek to do this without compul- sory redundancies and added that apprenticeships will remain part of its offer, but the number of them will fall by 10% next year. More generally, work- flows will be streamlined and hierarchies broken down. Other measures include qualification and retraining of staff with regard to digitisation in development, administration and production. �
www.brose.com
Grammer in China auto JV
nents supplier Grammer, of Amberg, Germany, has signed an agreement to create a 50-50 joint venture with the Changchhun Fawsn Group in China. The JV will make parts for vehicles produced by the FAW Group and its subsidi- aries, including consoles, interior components and functional plastics. FAW is one of the largest automotive manufacturers in China, making over 3.2 million passenger cars for the local market and exports in 2018. Changchhun Fawsn
FAW is one of the largest automotive manufacturers in China
is an affiliate. Grammer CEO Thorsten Seehars said that the venture “combines the strengths of a leading
Chinese manufacturer with the expertise of one of the leading suppliers for interior components”. �
www.grammer.de
Meusburger to integrate PSG
Meusburger has announced that, during 2020, it will integrate PSG, a supplier of hot runner and control systems that it acquired in
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2016. The brands will all come under the Meusburg- er name, but the processes and contacts will not change. PSG will remain
based at its two locations in Germany: Viernheim for hot runners and Seckach for control systems. �
www.meusburger.com
www.injectionworld.com
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