Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Privatbrauerei Eichbaum, a German brewery, has announced plans to cut around 100 jobs in Mannheim, roughly one-third of its current workforce of about 290 employees. The reductions will affect production staff as well as employees in administration and technical trades.
The restructuring is a consequence of the company’s insolvency and its efforts to secure new investors to safeguard operations. Management describes the cuts as a necessary step to ensure the brewery’s long term viability.
The works council responded by noting that employees were taken by surprise and that production staff will be hardest hit by the measures.
Eichbaum currently employs around 290 people, a figure expected to fall below 200 once the planned cuts take effect.
Updated, 14/07/2026
The company has now announced that it will cease trading. A takeover by an investor was not possible due to the company's lack of financial resources. The remaining 240 employees will therefore be made redundant.
Eurofound (2026), Privatbrauerei Eichbaum, Bankruptcy in Germany, factsheet number 204265, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/204265.
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