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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
230 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 September 2025
Employment effect (start)
12 September 2025
Foreseen end date
12 December 2025
Description
As announced on 12 September 2025, the German brake disc manufacturer Breyden is closing its site in Lollar (Hesse) by the end of 2025. This will affect 230 employees. The company stated that the reason was the inability to ensure the site's long-term competitiveness. Talks with the works council have already begun.
In October 2024, Buderus Guss in Breidenbach and Robert Bosch in Lollar were renamed to Breyden. Breyden is now part of the Aequita Group and employs around 700 people.
Updated, 05/12/25:
The company and the employee representatives have agreed on a reconciliation of interests that includes a social plan and the setup of a transfer company. Because production will end on 12 December 2025 and the notice periods cannot be met, severance payments have been arranged.
Eurofound (2025), Breyden, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 203350, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203350.
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