Overview
- About 550 positions are slated to go at Motilla del Palancar and roughly 190 in Valencia in phased rounds over the coming months.
- Mahle cites a global auto slowdown, tariff uncertainty and lower-than-expected electric-vehicle volumes, saying EV-related production lines are severely underused.
- The company has opened the statutory consultation with worker representatives, pledging to seek solutions it calls fair and socially acceptable.
- CCOO rejects the ERE and plans immediate actions, and the union reports a key customer has cut orders and intends to end its relationship in early 2026.
- Castilla-La Mancha and the Valencian Community, working with Spain’s Industry Ministry, are preparing reindustrialization options and reviewing the context of roughly €40 million in prior public support.