The car supplier Mahle shuts down its production in all European locations. The Carinthian location in St. Michael ob Bleiburg / Šmihel pri Pliberku with around 2,000 employees is also affected by the measures taken due to the coronavirus crisis.
03/21/2020 01/14
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The company – it is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year – speaks in connection with the corona virus of an “extreme situation that was not predictable to this extent and whose further development is currently completely open”. The measures would be taken to curb the further spread of the coronavirus. “At the same time, we react entrepreneurially to the slump in the markets and in particular to the cessation of production by automobile manufacturers in Europe,” said Mahle CEO Jörg Stratmann.
Production will be shut down by Wednesday
The production sites would be shut down by Wednesday, March 25 at the latest, the indirect functions in administration and development “reduced to a few core functions”, as it says on the company’s website.
The measures affect around 70 locations across Europe, “Mahle coordinates the respective approach, for example the application for short-time work, with the employee representatives”, the company announced in a press release.
79,600 employees affected worldwide
Mahle employs approximately 79,600 people worldwide. In Carinthian St. Michael ob Bleiburg / Smihel pri Pliberku (Völkermarkt district) a good 2,000 people work for Mahle Filtersysteme Austria, a subsidiary of Mahle Filtersysteme Deutschland. Around 200 people work for Mahle in Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria.
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