wind turbine manufacturers Siemens, Gamesa plans to lay off up to 600 employees in Denmark.
It informs the company in a press release.
– We regret to say goodbye to good and valued colleagues, and we will do our utmost to help our affected employees on the best possible way.
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– These actions are necessary to deal with an increasingly competitive market in a responsible way, ” says Andreas Nauen, ceo of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy in Denmark, in a press release.
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the Cuts come according to the company, as a result of the decisions to phase out landvinddivisionen in the Fires at the end of 2020, as well as Siemens Gamesas factory in Aalborg will cease production of the wings to the landvind already by the end of 2019.
the Company will in October begin negotiations with the local works council.
Despite the large number of layoffs, will the factories in both Aalborg and Brande, however, consist, assures the Siemens Gamesa in the press release. The factories will still need to produce offshore wind turbines.
– This (redundancies, ed.) alter in any way our belief that our industry has very good future prospects with the scale of the challenge to drive the green energy transition that lies before us, says Andreas Nauen.
the Company stresses, moreover, that Denmark still is important for wind turbine manufacturers.
Denmark is, and continues to be a nøglelokation for Siemens, Gamesa, and a kernekompetencecenter for the company’s global activities.
– Denmark will continue to be the center of value-creating activities such as r.ex. innovation, product development, prototyping and testing, as well as commercial activities, says in a press release.
