Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Sanimed, a German medical technology and homecare service provider of the Löwenstein Medical Group based in Ibbenbüren, plans to cut around 180 jobs as part of an extensive restructuring programme, mainly affecting the field sales force and branches across Germany, while retaining approximately 250 jobs, primarily at the Ibbenbüren site.
The job cuts are due to ongoing financial difficulties, lack of profits despite stable revenues, and several changes of ownership since 2020. Sanimed is withdrawing from the regions of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg and discontinuing loss-making product groups in order to focus on a streamlined product range and reduced regional presence in the future.
A social plan and the establishment of a transfer company are planned.
Employee representatives were involved at an early stage, and negotiations are currently underway to find socially acceptable solutions to mitigate the impact.
Sanimed was a full-service provider for patients and a partner to many clinics and hospitals, offering a wide range of products in home care, medical technology, and mobility services.
Eurofound (2025), Sanimed, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 202504, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202504.
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