11/01/2010
Be prepared for the global competition
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Mamer/Luxembourg, January 11, 2010 – CERATIZIT has decided to stop the production of blankets as well as indexable inserts & knives for the woodworking and furniture industry at the Horb/Empfingen facility. The facility in Empfingen shall specialize on sales and production of sophisticated hard metal wear solutions. Mamer/Luxembourg becomes the competence center for woodworking solutions.
170 out of 460 people are concerned by these changes in Horb and Empfingen. Discussions between the management and the union of CERATIZIT Deutschland GmbH will start in a few weeks in order to find a mutual acceptable agreement regarding the severance packages. The plant in Empfingen remains key for the Group: Recently CERATIZIT has invested ten million Euro to build a new administration and production facility in Empfingen, where sales and production activities of innovative wear parts solutions will be concentrated. These activities were, so far, dispersed in Dettingen, Empfingen and Horb.
CERATIZIT-Executive Board Member Dr. Wolfgang Glätzle on the planned action: „While the woodworking and furniture industry is booming in Asia and Brazil, it declines in Europe. As supplier we have to react by tailored sales, production and logistics solutions for our customers. Today, we already generate most of our sales into these markets out of Luxembourg where sales, product management and the research & development department are also located. The specialization of the sales and production activities for innovative wear parts solutions in Horb and of our wood activities in a competence center “wood” in Mamer is therefore the final step to be, the best way possible, prepared for the global competition.”
CERATIZIT S. A. – is a pioneer and global player in sophisticated hard material solutions. The company operates from Mamer, Luxembourg. CERATIZIT is the world market leader in unique and consistently innovative hard material products for wear protection and cutting tools and is present in more than 50 countries worldwide. CERATIZIT provides hard material solutions to customers in selected industrial sectors including the automotive industry, mechanical engineering, oil industry, medical systems, electronics as well as mould and die making. With more than 400 active patents and 4000 employees, CERATIZIT is your strong partner worldwide.
Press contact:
Peter Schwärzel
Managing Director CERATIZIT Deutschland GmbH
Tel. +49-7485-99 802 231
E-mail: peter.schwaerzel@ceratizit.com
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