Nokia closing German plant, slashing up to 2,300 jobs
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Jan 15th 2008 at 5:27PM
Despite some encouraging financials out of Espoo as of late, Nokia is looking to cut costs and slim down in its effort to keep its paws firmly around the coveted title of number one cellphone manufacturer in the world. Its Bochum, Germany plant bears the brunt of this round of belt tightening, which will be closed by mid-2008; all told, a total of 2,300 jobs may be cut in the process. Nokia is smack in the middle of migrating some of its production capabilities to cheaper countries, with a Romanian plant -- which costs one-tenth to operate what a German plant does, apparently -- taking on much of the load. For what it's worth, Germany is apparently an extraordinarily pricey place to shut down a plant and lay off workers, so with any luck, the send-off will be a prosperous one for these ex-Nokians.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ian @ Jan 15th 2008 7:47PM
Given the high level of the Euro and the costs of operating (and closing) manufacturing plants in Western Europe it's a wonder ANY new plants are opened there.
Pdexter @ Jan 16th 2008 9:25AM
Wont come cheap to Nokia that's for sure. Same as they would have done this in France.
FyreStarrter @ Jan 16th 2008 11:51AM
Yes, thanks so the German Unions & Workers right, Nokia will have to pay substantial amounts of severance & unemployment in some cases equal to what the employee had the potential to make. They actually have a formula based on years of service, wages, cost of living, & earnings potential. It will indeed cost them quite HEAVILY.
Andi eko @ Jan 17th 2008 3:01AM
If Nokia need new Plant to build the perfect place is Asia. Because in Asia, there are many country will accept and of course with low manufacture cost.