Power & Gas division
Siemens considers factory closure in Görlitz
Hundreds of jobs could be lost at the Siemens plant in Görlitz. As reported by 'Manager Magazin', citing company circles, Siemens is considering the closure in order to thin out its struggling power plant division 'Power & Gas'.
According to a Siemens spokesperson, almost 800 people work at the plant in Görlitz. According to the report in 'Manager Magazin', the sale of the generator plant in Erfurt with more than 500 employees is also under discussion. This would mean that the Power & Gas sites in eastern Germany would be particularly hard hit by cutbacks.
The Siemens spokesperson did not want to comment further on the 'Manager Magazin' report on October 19, 2017. He merely explained that the company is consistently and successfully implementing its 'Vision 2020' strategy. "This includes continuously thinking about the strategically correct positioning of our business."
IG Metall announced protests should Siemens actually plan to close all or part of the Görlitz plant. We will "take tough action against this", announced Jan Otto, Managing Director of IG Metall Ostsachsen. "It is a scandal that the employees are once again being made so insecure." He expects the Executive Board to provide clarity quickly. However, current contracts do not make it possible to close the factory in the near future, Otto emphasized.
According to 'Manager Magazin', Siemens intends to close or sell up to eleven of the 23 locations worldwide in the power plant division, the report said. According to dpa information, thousands of jobs could be lost as a result of these and other savings in the process industry and drives division. According to reports, however, no final decisions have yet been made. The Group management intends to present the entire plan to employees in the Economic Committee at the beginning of November.
It was only in summer 2017 that train manufacturer Bombardier announced plans to cut up to 800 jobs in Görlitz. According to the employment agency, the unemployment rate in the town in eastern Saxony is 8.4 percent - 2.2 percentage points higher than the national average.
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