Automotive supplier Continental: employees in Korbach on short-time work

The supplier Continental also reacts in the Hessian plant Korbach on the lull in the auto industry. More than 300 employees are currently in the site short-time workingreported the “Wirtschaftswoche“. The company confirmed the measure, but did not want to comment on the exact number of employees.

In Korbach be the hose production of short-time working affected, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. The instrument is used to “react to the respective economic situation”. In December, around 400 employees were also at the locations of the Contitech industrial division eislingen (Baden-Wurttemberg) and in the plants in Lower Saxony, Vinnhorst, Dannenberg and Northeim in short-time working been. The company collects the figures monthly.

Continental had announced a far-reaching restructuring of the group in autumn. In the course of this, several plants will be restructured, such as the plant in southern Hesse Babenhausen, where the group will withdraw from series production with display and control elements by 2025. The Conti plant in Bavaria, too Roding is affected.

Continental in view of the upheaval in the automotive industry, should offer less hydraulics and technology for internal combustion engines in the future. Instead, the supplier wants to, among other things electronics, Sensors and automated driving. According to Conti, around 15,000 jobs could be affected by “changes” by 2023, including 5,000 in Germany, The DAX Group has a total of around 240,000 employees worldwide. The company wants to cushion the restructuring through retraining and non-recruitment.

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