Thursday, September 26, 2013

The German plant manufacturer Voith sweeps at its facility in St. Pölten, Austria more than a third

Location: "noe.ORF.at" / Story: "Voith sweeps 290 jobs in northeast"
The German plant manufacturer Voith sweeps at its facility in St. Pölten, Austria more than a third of jobs. From the moment a total of 840 jobs will until September 2014 in the Paper Division 290 jobs eliminated.
"We will of course try to make the job cuts as socially responsible as possible," a spokesman said on Friday. Given the scale but it was the company believes that this measure will not completely do without layoffs. Nevertheless, q400 there is the option to be able to accommodate many of the staff in other areas of the Group. Discussions with employee representatives are to start soon. The affected employees have been clearly informed according to the company on Friday. Demand at low levels
In the entire group of job cuts hits 560 employees. Next to St. Pölten, q400 the German Voith Paper locations in Krefeld are affected (about 210 jobs), Ravensburg (50) and Neuwied (around 10). In addition, fall - as the company announced in August - 240 jobs in Germany Heidenheim away.
The reason for the job cuts the plant engineers called in a press release stagnant demand in Europe at a low level. Moreover, the Chinese paper market is growing much more slowly q400 than expected. The group continues to fight the decline in graphic paper machines by the increasing digitization. Despite the capacity adjustments competence centers q400 at the respective sites are maintained according to the company. Group is a global
The German Voith GmbH was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Heidenheim an der Brenz (Baden-Württemberg). The Group operates worldwide with approximately 42,000 employees working in the fields of energy, oil, gas, paper, raw materials and transportation. The company recently achieved in fiscal year 2011/2012 a turnover of 5.7 billion euros.
Lower Austrian SPÖ state party chairman and mayor of St. Pölten Matthias Stadler expressed dismay about the job cuts. He had already taken up with Minister dog villages and with the AMS contact and also pledged the full support of the city.
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