The Nordex Group has informed staff at the Rostock GVZ rotor blade site in Germany about considering to cease manufacture of rotor blades at that site at the end of June 2022. About 600 of a total of 8, 600 employees worldwide would be affected at the GVZ.
In Germany, the Nordex Group employs about 3,150 people. The increasingly challenging market environment and strong competition together with a shift in demand require Nordex Group’s global production and sourcing processes to be adapted. The blade production at Rostock is not competitive within the Nordex Group’s global production network and world-wide project business. Additionally, the Rostock plant manufactures blades for turbines with a 149-meter maximum diameter. The global trend has been developing towards longer rotor blades. Consequently, demand for the blades which can be manufactured at Rostock will continue to decline. Apart from the rotor blade production, Rostock is also home to a nacelle, hub and drive trains production site (DMR) as well as to Engineering and Service organization staff. These employees are not affected. A reconciliation of interests and a severance scheme are to be negotiated with the works council in the short term in order to make the planned reduction in force socially acceptable.