Overview

• A 48-hour warning strike called by the NGG stopped production at Oettinger’s four sites, with management saying warehouse stocks should avert immediate delivery shortages.
• Negotiations remain stalled as the union decries a small wage offer paired with cuts to contractual benefits, while Oettinger seeks to align site conditions and extend working hours.
• CEO Stefan Blaschak warned of a coming insolvency wave across the sector, citing a roughly 7–7.5% market drop and a loss of 2.6 million hectoliters in the first half of 2025.
• The company plans to cease beer production in Braunschweig in 2026 as part of broader restructuring and cost harmonization.
• Separately, a Saxony–Thuringia deal raised pay by up to 6.3% and trimmed weekly hours slightly after strikes, underscoring divergent outcomes across the industry.