Bosch location Hildesheim in danger: Union raises the alarm!

Bosch location Hildesheim in danger: Union raises the alarm!

The dispute over the Hildesheim location in the Bosch Group has tightened because the works council and the management hardly communicate with each other. While the IG Metall fears the closure of the work, the planned conversion of the factory into a control unit for electromobility is on the brink. This reports Merkur .

Bosch plans a global job reduction of over 12,000 jobs, including more than 6,000 in Germany. In Hildesheim in particular, due to the poor order situation, around 750 out of a total of 1,500 jobs are to be canceled by the end of 2026. A central concern of IG Metall is the extension of the exclusion of operational terminations by the end of 2027 and the provision of binding orders for the location.

economic challenges

The difficult market situation also forced Bosch to carry out a drastic reduction in costs. Bosch boss Stefan Hartung emphasizes the need to focus on competitive business areas. It is planned to reduce areas in the area of ​​electromobility and software in the next few years, whereby the automotive delivery division is severely affected. In addition, the operational profit of the company in 2024 fell by a third to only 3.1 billion euros, such as reported.

The economic situation is not easier because the market for electromobility is developing slowly and the demand for driving assistance systems remains behind the expectations. Further incisions are to be feared, since Bosch has already deleted 11,500 jobs worldwide and the developments in the automotive sector are additionally burdened by demographic change and high personnel costs in Germany, such as ZDF Notes.

political demands

The Lower Saxony state government, under Prime Minister Olaf Lies, calls for a secure future perspective for Hildesheim. Hartung is planning talks with the Prime Minister to discuss the economic situation of the work. The works council chairman Frank Sell criticizes the negotiation as particularly hard and indicates that alternative cost reduction measures have been rejected by management.

The IG Metall warns that the Hildesheim location could serve as an example for other locations, while talks have also been stuck at the Schwäbisch Gmünd location. Bosch plans to reduce 2,000 of the 3,600 jobs there. Since the Bosch Group would like to continue to invest in electromobility, a new venture capital fund with 250 million euros is to be launched in order to promote start-ups and generate new business opportunities.

Overall, the planned job cuts not only affect Bosch's current growth fields, but could also have far -reaching consequences for the entire automotive industry and the associated jobs in Germany.