Overview
- The company revised its plan to eliminate 560 positions at its Augsburg base, an increase from the 400 previously announced.
- Management cites a weak industrial‑robot market and more than €100 million in missing new orders, with auto-sector softness weighing on demand.
- Most of the reductions will fall on robot manufacturing, with a smaller share affecting corporate administration.
- A social-plan program launched earlier this year will manage the downsizing through the end of 2026 after being designed for 400 roles.
- The Bavarian state government indicated readiness to provide financial support following a heated works meeting and talks in Munich.