Auto parts supplier: Schaeffler is removing up to 1300 additional jobs in Germany

Schaeffler headquarters in Herzogenaurach

At the end of June, Schaeffler employed 90,500 people worldwide, around 2,000 fewer than at the end of 2018.

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Munich The automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler want in Germany delete up to 1300 additional jobs. A spokesman confirmed on Wednesday in Herzogenaurach, Franconia, the plans for the the “Wirtschaftswoche” had reported, For the first time, the mining plans also affect the industrial division of the rolling bearing specialist, which is considered to be more stable.

In March had Schaeffler in the car supply division the Reduction of 900 jobs in Europe 700 of them in Germany. The Group suffers from the downturn in the automotive industry and under the trend towards electromobility.

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