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Bosch plant in Munich: Auto supplier threatens turbulent works meeting due to closure plans

2021-07-20T13:04:52.213Z


The world's largest automotive supplier Bosch is considering the closure of its plant in Munich. There is a works meeting on Wednesday. The mood before the meeting with the plant management is tense.


The world's largest automotive supplier Bosch is considering the closure of its plant in Munich.

There is a works meeting on Wednesday.

The mood before the meeting with the plant management is tense.

Munich - IG Metall has announced resistance to the possible closure of the Bosch plant in Munich Berg am Laim.

Sascha Wojtkowski, the union secretary responsible for Bosch, announced to

Merkur.de

that the plans would not be accepted without a fight

.

Together with the works council and external consultants, they are “working flat out on an alternative plan to save the location”.

The final details are currently being clarified.

Then you want to present the concept to the company and discuss the proposals.

Bosch plant in Munich: union and works council prepare alternative plan

Wojtkowski has not yet given any details.

But the concept provides for a continuation of the location "with at least 200 employees", said the IG Metall functionary.

Bosch still employs around 250 people at its location in the east of Munich.

The prospects for the future of the location had recently deteriorated significantly.

Only at the beginning of the month had the commercial plant manager Jana Mischke (HR) and her colleague Jörg Luntz (production) prepared the employees for deep cuts.

"The foreseeable development of the number of components manufactured in Munich will continue to decline over the next few years," said Mischke and Luntz to the employees.

This development will "further strengthen the already existing overcapacities in Munich and thus further weaken the competitiveness of the location", according to a circular that

Merkur.de

has received.

Bosch Munich: Several possible scenarios

Given this initial situation, several alternative scenarios have been examined.

In addition to relocating production to the Bosch plant in Hallein in the Salzburg region and the Campinas site in Brazil, relocation to Nuremberg or Budweis in the Czech Republic is "economically feasible".

Remaining production in Munich "as an extended workbench for Nuremberg" is "however uneconomical," the letter says.

A Bosch spokeswoman had confirmed the considerations to

Merkur.de

on Saturday

and referred to the change from the combustion engine to the electric drive.

This leads to "considerable overcapacities and thus to a high need for adjustments", which even Bosch cannot avoid.

Bosch manufactures electric fuel pumps and injection valves at its location on Truderinger Strasse.

In the future, the world's largest automotive supplier could possibly relocate the production of fuel pumps to the Czech plant in Budweis.

Bosch is already building fuel pumps and the complete tank unit there.

The injection valves, on the other hand, could migrate to Hallein near Salzburg or to the plant in Campinas, Brazil, according to informed circles.

Bosch Munich: Employees' displeasure is "huge"

Among the employees in Munich, the displeasure with the plans of the company management is "huge", said IG Metall man Wojtkowski. Instead of informing the employees personally, the plant management sent an email. The fact that employees in Munich worked extra shifts last year after a fire at the Campinas plant to make up for the loss of production in Brazil are also causing trouble. Now the company is threatening short-time work and relocation of production in the state capital. “None of the employees in Munich can understand that,” said Wojtkowski.

Many are likely to vent their anger this Wednesday (July 21). Then the works council invited to a works meeting. The two plant managers Jana Mischke and Jörg Luntz have also announced their arrival.

* Merkur.de is part of IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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