Truck manufacturer MAN is cutting thousands of jobs in Germany and Austria.
Entire locations are threatened with closure.
Munich - The
truck manufacturer MAN
wants to reposition itself and therefore cut
up to
9500 jobs
in
Germany
and
Austria
.
The VW subsidiary announced on Friday in Munich that this is part of improving the result by around 1.8 billion euros.
Only in July there was a change in the company's management.
Volkswagen is exchanging several top managers in its commercial vehicle divisions.
The heads of
Traton
and
MAN
lost their posts.
MAN is cutting jobs - entire locations could close
Jobs
are to be cut in all areas
, and the managers want to move production and development to other locations.
The production site in
Steyr, Austria,
and the plants in
Plauen (Saxony)
and
Wittlich (Rhineland-Palatinate)
could be closed completely.
Major job cuts have been under discussion
at
MAN for
a
long time
because the group's costs were
too high
even before the
Corona crisis
.
Most recently, up to
6000 positions were mentioned
in media reports
.
There had been a
violent dispute
between the former
VW commercial vehicle board member and Traton boss Andreas Renschler
and the employee side
about the procedure
.
Renschler had to vacate his posts at VW at the beginning of July, Traton and
MAN
got new bosses.
MAN conversion: Costs in the upper three-digit million range
For the conversion,
MAN
estimates costs in the mid to upper three-digit million range.
Negotiations with the employee representatives are now to be started as soon as possible.
"The proposed realignment will require a fundamental restructuring of the Man Truck & Bus business in all areas, including a realignment of the development and production network as well as significant job cuts," the press release said.
"In this context, some development and production processes are planned to be relocated to other locations."
MAN: Downsizing is likely even without a corona pandemic
MAN
and the Swedish truck manufacturer Scania are part of the
Volkswagen Group
.
The industry is also under pressure because of the sharp drop in demand for trucks worldwide.
In Europe, MAN was expecting
a decline of 10 to 20 percent this year
even before the
corona pandemic
.
At the 2016 works meeting, an agreement was announced that will secure employment until at least 2025 *.
(dpa)
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