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A UK facility to close with work reallocated across European sites.
25 April 2008 - German owned car filter system manufacturer Mahle Filter Systems is to close its South Wiltshire facility in the UK due to overcapacity with the loss of 440 jobs.
The site in High Post is believed to have around 33 injection moulding machines and supply global car brands such as BMW, Ford, Aston Martin and Nissan.
Although the firm is still in discussions with employees it proposes that the facility be wound down in stages with final closure scheduled for late 2009.
Mahle plan to relocate the work to other European sites including its Telford-based facility in Shropshire, which will undergo development.
By 2010 it plans to create a further 200 jobs at the Telford site bringing the total number of employees up to 350.
Mahle spokeswoman, Stefanie Thiel, told PRW.com that redeployment opportunities from Wiltshire to the Telford site would be made available.
She added: “We have overcapacity in our filter system business and we have to look for ways to make the business profitable which isn’t the case at the moment.
“So we have to address the cost structure and address overcapacity and secure business in the long term.”
Neither Thiel nor Mahle Filter Systems managing director, Scott Ferguson, were prepared to explain how the overcapacity had arisen.
The Mahle Group, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, bought the Telford facility from Siemens VDO Automotive in January last year.
An employee at the Wiltshire site, who preferred to remain nameless, told PRW.com that he was deeply critical of management arguing that they had done little to address the facility’s difficulties.
An official company statement stated: “This proposal is in no way a reflection on our employees at Salisbury. We recognise the contribution of employees to the development of our business.
It added: “We regret the impact that the proposal will have upon the employees affected and intend to meet our social responsibilities in full and will provide support to the affected employees in finding new jobs.”
25 April 2008 - German owned car filter system manufacturer Mahle Filter Systems is to close its South Wiltshire facility in the UK due to overcapacity with the loss of 440 jobs.
The site in High Post is believed to have around 33 injection moulding machines and supply global car brands such as BMW, Ford, Aston Martin and Nissan.
Although the firm is still in discussions with employees it proposes that the facility be wound down in stages with final closure scheduled for late 2009.
Mahle plan to relocate the work to other European sites including its Telford-based facility in Shropshire, which will undergo development.
By 2010 it plans to create a further 200 jobs at the Telford site bringing the total number of employees up to 350.
Mahle spokeswoman, Stefanie Thiel, told PRW.com that redeployment opportunities from Wiltshire to the Telford site would be made available.
She added: “We have overcapacity in our filter system business and we have to look for ways to make the business profitable which isn’t the case at the moment.
“So we have to address the cost structure and address overcapacity and secure business in the long term.”
Neither Thiel nor Mahle Filter Systems managing director, Scott Ferguson, were prepared to explain how the overcapacity had arisen.
The Mahle Group, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, bought the Telford facility from Siemens VDO Automotive in January last year.
An employee at the Wiltshire site, who preferred to remain nameless, told PRW.com that he was deeply critical of management arguing that they had done little to address the facility’s difficulties.
An official company statement stated: “This proposal is in no way a reflection on our employees at Salisbury. We recognise the contribution of employees to the development of our business.
It added: “We regret the impact that the proposal will have upon the employees affected and intend to meet our social responsibilities in full and will provide support to the affected employees in finding new jobs.”
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