No alternative for ZF factory: Group confirms closure at the end of the year

As of: March 19, 2024, 8:07 a.m

By: Julian Baumann

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The automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen no longer sees a future for a German location.

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A German ZF Friedrichshafen plant has been in danger for a long time.

Now the company has sealed the end of the location.

Friedrichshafen - At the end of last year, the automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen announced that it wanted to close its factory in Gelsenkirchen (North Rhine-Westphalia) at the end of 2024.

So far, there has been at least some hope for the future of the location in the Schalke district thanks to an agreement between the group and IG Metall, which was concluded in February.

In a statement, the company now explains that it has not found an alternative to the closure.

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you can read why, according to ZF Friedrichshafen, there is no alternative to closing the Gelsenkirchen location and what that means for the employees.

The ZF location in Eitorf is also scheduled to be closed by the end of 2027 at the latest.

In January, talks with a potential investor failed.