The Görlitz Siemens plant becomes responsible for steam turbines

M ünchen / Görlitz (dpa) – The Siemens plant of Görlitz, initially threatened with closure, took the responsibility of international trade of the electricity company with industrial steam turbines on October 1st. "On our side, Görlitz could become the world headquarters for industrial steam turbines on October 1, 2018," said CEO Joe Kaeser of the "Sächsische Zeitung" (Saturday)

. be. According to Kaesers, Siemens is still making "significant losses of $ 3 million" in the new turbine sector. The market environment is difficult. Markets for small industrial steam turbines in South America, India, China and East Asia have weakened. In addition, competition in the division becomes more and more difficult.

The closure of the Görlitz factory, planned for the first time, was avoided in May following protests. Siemens announced that it would cut about 6,900 jobs worldwide, including 3,400 in power plants and drives in Germany. Above all, the planned closures in Leipzig and Görlitz were met with strong opposition from workers' representatives and politicians.