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.
On 25 September 2025, automotive supplier Bosch announced further job cuts for several locations in Germany. In total, 8,610 jobs will be lost at its sites in Feuerbach (3,500 jobs), Schwieberdingen (1,750 jobs), Waiblingen (560 jobs), Bühl/Bühlertal (1,550) and Homburg (1,250) by the end of 2030. The job cuts affect employees in Bosch's mobility division, including production units, research and development units, administration and sales departments. The company will take up negotiations with the works councils and try to reduce jobs in a socially responsible manner.
Apart from the German job losses, further jobs will be shed abroad. In total, some 13,000 jobs will be affected worldwide. The company cites tough competition in the automotive industry, insecurities related to new tariff regimes and geopolitical challenges as reasons for restructuring its business. Moreover, demand for its products was lower than expected as new technologies, such as hydrogen, electromobility and automated driving, did not take off as planned. Apart from the job reduction scheme, the company was also looking into other possibilities to save on costs, such as increasing productivity by AI usage, reducing investments into new buildings and machinery, or making its logistics networks operate more efficiently.
In total, the ERM recorded 6,413 jobs cuts by Bosch in Germany since the beginning of 2024, namely Bosch 2024 - DE Bosch 2024 - DE Bosch Power Tools 2024 - DE Bosch 2024 - DE Bosch Rexroth 2024 - DE Bosch 2024 - DE.
Eurofound (2025), Bosch, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 203465, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203465.
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