Frankfurt (Germany), Mar 18 (LaPresse) – Siemens plans to cut around 6,000 jobs worldwide, including around 2,660/2,850 in Germany. Particularly affected is the automation sector and, to a lesser extent, the charging solutions sector, the company said. Globally, 5,600 of the 68,000 jobs in the industrial automation sector will be cut, Siemens announced. A further 450 jobs will be lost in the electric vehicle charging solutions sector. The company presented employee representatives with plans to further increase its global competitiveness. The plans concern units in the automation sector at Digital Industries and the electric vehicle charging sector at Smart Infrastructure. ‘Changing conditions in key markets have made capacity adjustments necessary in both cases. For two years, the German market in particular has been in decline. As a result, capacities in Germany will have to be adjusted,' reads the group's note. 'Redundancies related to operations in Germany are excluded. The aim is to strengthen the future competitiveness of the activities concerned and to enable investments in growth markets. Despite the planned adjustments, Siemens‘ total workforce in Germany will tend to remain stable due to hiring in other growth areas,’ the note further reads.
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