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(10 - 33) Manufacturing (24 - 25) Manufacture of metals 25.3 - Manufacture of weapons and ammunition 25.3 - Manufacture of weapons and ammunition
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 August 2025
Employment effect (start)
27 August 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2027
Description
The German defense contractor Rheinmetall is creating around 500 new jobs, particularly in production at its Unterlüß site (Lower Saxony), through the construction and commissioning of a new artillery ammunition plant.
The expansion involves investments of around €500 million and plans for additional investments to increase production capacity in the wake of the war in Ukraine. Political representatives such as Defense Minister Pistorius and SPD leader Klingbeil welcomed the project, which will make the Unterlüß site Europe's largest ammunition plant.
Rheinmetall currently employs over 3,000 people at the site. In 2023, Rheinmetall announced the expansion of its Weeze site (North Rhine-Westphalia) with the creation of 400 new jobs Rheinmetall 2023 - DE.
Eurofound (2025), Rheinmetall, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 203251, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203251.
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