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With the plans, at least 400 of the 470 jobs can be kept. VDL will do its best to keep the rest of the staff on board.
Gas turbines are under construction at the Siemens site in Hengelo. The company is also a major supplier of spare parts for the ASML slot machine manufacturer.
There still remains a review of books and company committees and the competition authority still has to agree with the agreement. VDL expects the outcome of the trajectory to be known in the last quarter of this year
The financial details are not yet known
"Of course, we will do our best to create new work like other product combinations for the remaining 70 employees Another possibility is that we try to accommodate them elsewhere at VDL, "says Willem van der Leegte, CEO of VDL. [19659006] Onrust
Siemens announced last year an international reorganization in which thousands of jobs would be lost and that would also hit the branch in Hengelo.The announcement caused a lot of unrest in the region , where Siemens is a major employer.
Dozens of employees in Hengelo insisted last November in The Hague with a petition on the maintenance of the production site. company quickly declared that a dismissal massive was not yet definitive.
The Union is satisfied with the acquisition by the company Eindhoven, especially because all permanent employees are transferred to the new employer. CNV also calls VDL a "good name". FNV assumes that for the remaining 70 employees a place can still be found.
Nedcar
Minister Wiebes hopes that VDL will ensure that the Siemens site in Hengelo is as efficient as the Nedcar car factory in Born. "So, this good news is only going to improve for everyone in the region," according to the minister
.This is a good start to the summer for Siemens Hengelo employees Said the Minister, "I am happy that they will not have to wait any longer and can continue to work in their businesses in the years to come."
Earlier, VDL also gave a second chance in Nedcar, when the parent company Mitsubishi withdrew the plug in 2012. Since 2014, cars have been produced for BMW in Born in Limburg
Thousands of people make their living just one strike in the factory, which largely destroyed the production.
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