Concern in Hennigsdorf Bombardier sweeps 1430 points – Tagesspiegel

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The for Berlin important rail vehicle manufacturer Bombardier builds in 1430 from its 9900 points. In Hennigsdorf, the Group operates its largest German factory.

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In Hennigsdorf, Gorlitz and Bautzen, and a handful of other locations in West Germany, the employees of Bombardier have to worry about their jobs again. The Canadian group announced Wednesday in Montreal, this country want to underline its 1430 currently 9900 points in railway vehicle. And perhaps that’s just the beginning. “We fear that more is coming,” said Central Works Director Michael Wobst on request.

The largest plant in this country operates Bombardier in Hennigsdorf on the northwestern outskirts of Berlin. Of the employed there in 2850 people is the majority of the Engineering sector operates around one third produced suburban trains, trams and regional trains. To what extent will be Hennigsdorf affected by job cuts, is open. According Wobst there early next week, a meeting of the Economic Committee in Hennigsdorf, in which expected the Executive Committee will explain its plans

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Worldwide 7000 jobs will be deleted

at a press conference in Canada had the top management the cancellation of around 7,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years announced, of which about 3200 in the Zugsparte, which has its headquarters in Berlin. Bombardier Transportation had last approximately 39,000 employees worldwide. Sales of Zugsparte shrank claimed by the company last year from 9.6 billion to 8.3 billion dollars (7.4 billion euros). Earnings before interest and taxes decreased from $ 469 million to 465 million dollars (417 million euros). The Group had painted bodies repeatedly in past years.

council boss Wobst said on request, “the dimension of reduction plans, we are surprised.” There is, however, long been a trend, especially the production of car bodies to locations in the Czech Republic and Poland to relocate. Such boxes for all possible paths are present also in the Saxon sites Görlitz (2400 employees) and Bautzen (1200 employees) produces. Bautzen mainly produces trams, Görlitz double-deck vehicles. A locomotive factory is established with around 800 employees in Kassel, Mannheim, Braunschweig and Siegen there are further Kompomentenfabriken.

The share price shot on Wednesday to top

Over the past few years has always been been again discussed the reduction of vertical and even the closure of entire sites. IG Metall and the works council refused to base and urged to “improve processes and optimize project execution”. The fact that the group in “advised a significant imbalance is”, see also the workers’ representatives. The reasons for this but essentially is the aircraft division. “With dramatic staff reduction might be the equity markets to impress,” said council chairman Wobste. The problems, however, would thus rather exacerbated. In fact, Bombardier shares gained on Wednesday in reaction to the announcement of job cuts by more than ten percent.

“We shape Bombardier Transportation for the future”, Laurent Troger said of the only in December of CTO top man this part company had risen to his plans. This year he wanted to make $ 8.5 billion in sales, he said the agency Reuters in Berlin. Of six percent should remain as profit before tax. The now Advised job cuts are needed to increase profitability. At the same time Troger recalled that his company had created especially in the railway business, most jobs in the past.

For BVG trams are built

To what extent decisions in wholesale German railway or the Berlin transport operator BVG, have Bombardier plans affected, is hard to say. Shortly before Christmas, the tender for the railway for 382 new cars of the Berlin S-Bahn had gone to the competition from Siemens and Stadler. The contract would have brought a nine-figure sum. Almost simultaneously, but approved the BVG Supervisory buying 47 further Flexity trams worth 176 million Euro from Bombardier

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