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The sealant manufacturer Moose, part of the Henkel Group, is to be moved to Hanover in November. Only in Lower Saxony, new jobs will be offered the 67 employees were told at the staff meeting.
Quetting - The closure decision for the Quetting sealant manufacturer Moose in the company proposes high waves. At a meeting of the 67 employees had been told that new jobs would be at best made available in Hanover, told a staff member. There will of the parent company Henkel to focus its sealants and adhesives division, and thus achieve "economies of scale," said company spokeswoman on Wednesday Sabina Hampe on request. In its existing plant in Hanover more than four million will be invested €.
Workers employed in Quetting work, the end of 2005 was part of Henkel manufacturing inc., had been now proposed to move to Hanover and then make, including new employees with the production of silicone sealant familiar. to be offered the hope of jobs in the Henkel headquarters in Düsseldorf, had fallen through, even though some 5,000 people are employed. announced as Henkel nearly three months the closure of the Leverkusen-based company, had Enric wood Bacher, who is responsible for the division, said: "We are
looking take care with the employee representatives about the future of the employees in Leverkusen and to socially responsible solutions." After information from company spokeswoman Hampe run individually with the employees at present - "because there are no new facts."
Already in November to the first steps to shift from place to Hanover Leverkusen. The next spring, will permanently close its doors in the Fixheide. There are not irritated a few people on the entire transaction: The company had increased its sales volume in recent years regularly. From savings concepts that go beyond the continuous job cuts out, was on the road Quetting never been mentioned. Moose has a long tradition: The company was founded in 1947 as a "chemical factory Gustav Drengwitz Opladen" located at the street Lützenkirchen. Then it was sold twice more. 1983, from the founding family's stake in Rhone-Poulenc and the current name today moose appeared. With the merger of parts of the former Hoechst and Rhone-Poulenc Rhodia disappeared moose. Until, Henkel took over the directing. The original company's history begins in 1889, even in the East Prussian Insterburg. (Tk)
