The carnage in the car industry continues. The world's largest manufacturer of side mirrors, which employs 190 people, went bankrupt this week.
190 men must find something else to do. Their workplace, Flabeg Automotive Germany GmbH, the world's largest manufacturer of side mirrors, has gone bankrupt this week.
This is written by the German media Focus.
However, the bankruptcy petition means that the 190 employees do not have to contact the employment service right away. Their salaries are – like the operation elsewhere – secured until September this year.
The receiver of the bankruptcy estate, lawyer Volker Böhm from Schultze & Braun, states in a press release that all options are being investigated to reconstruct the company so that operations can continue.
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– It is already clear that there is a great will to get a reconstruction of the company up and running, says the law firm.
The law firm also states that dialogue is already underway with several potential investors to stabilize the crisis-stricken sub-supplier to the automotive industry.
But if Flabeg Automotive goes, the company is only the latest in a whole series in the automotive industry to succumb. The car brand Fisker is on the way to bankruptcy, in fact several subsidiaries have already closed down.
BBS is facing the 5th bankruptcy in the company's lifetime, and Recaro Automotive has already filed for bankruptcy. The company informs via the trustee that it wishes to start over. Read more about that case here .
The carnage in the car industry does not necessarily stop here. On the contrary, several experts have warned that new EU requirements will throw the car brands into a price war that could be the death of several of them.
This week, a car brand that dreamed of coming to Dannark also gave up, after the assembly line has been idle since last year. The Chinese owners could not find interested investors. Read more about it here .
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