The Krefeld-based Siempelkamp Group seeks a stronger international focus in future, and thus will make greater use of its foreign production locations. With this move, Siempelkamp is reacting to new competitive situations, and to the weakening of originally strong markets such as Russia and Brazil, Siempelkamp explains. However, the Krefeld location remains the "heart and mind" of Siempelkamp.
In recent years, the company has consistently been expanding its manufacturing facilities internationally in the Czech Republic and China. The global network of sales and service companies is also a component of this internationalisation process.
The new large-scale manufacturing site in Qingdao, China, which went operational in October 2015, will in future be used much more intensively for producing large-scale parts for press manufacturing. Further, Siempelkamp will significantly expand its production facility in Blatnice, Czech Republic, in order to continue being able to produce at competitive prices in future, as the company explained.
As a result, Siempelkamp will eliminate a total of 350 jobs in Germany in 2016 and 2017.
"Complex technologies and business secrets will remain here in Krefeld, and at other locations in Germany," emphasised Dr Hans Fechner, Spokesperson of the Executive Management at G. Siempelkamp GmbH & Co. KG.
In addition to increasing the value of foreign production locations, Siempelkamp will additionally be sustainably strengthening the German location: at the Bad Kreuznach location, a modern logistics and service centre is being created for supplying replacement parts globally to Siempelkamp customers.
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