VDL takes over Siemens Hengelo Financial

Gas turbines are built at the Siemens site in Hengelo. Siemens announced last November that it wanted to close the site. The German industrial group highlighted the difficult conditions in the oil and gas market and wants to focus more on sustainable energy

Good name

The Union welcomes the takeover by VDL, especially because all permanent employees join the new employer. At CNV, they also call the VDL of Eindhoven a "name". Unions will be kept informed of the plans on Friday.

Earlier this year, Economic Affairs Minister Eric Wiebes said that two companies were participating in concrete discussions. with Siemens about a recovery of the Hengelo plant The use of negotiations was to maintain as much as possible employment in the region and maintain activities.

Petition

The planned closure of the venue in Hengelo, with a wider reorganization at Siemens where thousands of jobs were lost, dozens of employees in Hengelo went to The Hague in November last to ask The Hague that national politicians are working hard to maintain the production site. According to the providers of the petition, between 1,500 and 2,000 jobs at Twente o p the game.