Continental in Babenhausen: Number of employees reduced again!

Continental in Babenhausen: Number of employees reduced again!

The automotive supplier Continental is faced with a drastic restructuring of its German locations. The location in Babenhausen is particularly affected, whose number of employees has been significantly reduced since 2020. Currently only about 1,800 of the once over 3,000 employees work at the location. Production is expected to expire until 2028, while the development away from market-oriented productions in Babenhausen with around 1,000 workplaces is preserved, as Frankfurt location is also restructured. A total of 2,300 of the approximately 8,000 employees should be affected here. 1,100 employees should change the location. Continental plans to expand Frankfurt into a competence center for vehicle software and architectures, while Babenhausen will concentrate on displays and cockpits in the future, reports Manager-magazin.de . These measures aim to improve the cost structure and to intensify the cooperation in research and development.

The difficult market constitution not only met Continental. According to the IFO Institute, the mood in the German automotive industry is also at a low. Differences from -28.6 in October to -32.1 in November 2024 illustrate the decline in the trust of the company. In this context, many companies, including Bosch and Ford, are considering massive job cuts. Bosch plans the dismantling of 5,500 jobs, and Ford wants to delete 4,000 jobs in Europe. The crisis situation is alarming, since more and more reports on factory closures and production chokes are received nationally and internationally, such as "https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/verkehr/ticker-krise-krise-autobranche-zulieferustrie-v8/"> auto-motor-und-sport.de

In Babenhausen, the employees and the city administration, under the leadership of Mayor Dominik Stadler, also fight with the consequences of the tense budget. The former pride of the largest company in the former district of Dieburg is significantly burdened by the continuing upheavals and uncertainties in the industry. The future of the production areas after the production of the production in 2028 remains unclear what the fears of the employees and the entire region reinforces.