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.
(10 - 33) Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 26.4 - Manufacture of consumer electronics
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 June 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Sennheiser is a German manufacturer of headphones, headsets and microphones. The company decided to relocate part of its production from China to Romania. Consequently, it decided to invested around 10 million euros in a new factory in Ghimbav (East-central Romania) where 100 people will be employed. The relocation - which should be implemented by the summer 2018 - has been decided to reduce delivery time and the total cost of ownership.
Eurofound (2018), Sennheiser, Reshoring in Romania, factsheet number 65, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/65.
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