Ottobock

Type
Business expansion
Country
Germany
Region
Niedersachsen; Braunschweig; Göttingen
Location of affected unit(s)
Duderstadt
Sector
Manufacturing
(32) Other manufacturing
32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
32.50 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
8 March 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2013
Foreseen end date

Description

German prosthestic company Ottobock is to create 500 jobs in Duderstadt (Lower Saxony) by opening a new plant. Total workforce in Duderstadt will rise to 2,000. 

Sources

  • 8 March 2013: Göttinger Tageblatt (online)

Citation

Eurofound (2013), Ottobock, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 75190, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75190.