Overview

• NGG’s 48-hour warning strike has stopped production across Oettingen, Mönchengladbach, Braunschweig and Walldorf, which Oettinger confirmed.
• The union says the offer would roughly match current inflation while cutting breaks, sick-pay supplements, Christmas pay when ill, relief days for older staff and rest days for shift work.
• Oettinger states it has sufficient inventory to supply customers during the stoppage.
• CEO Stefan Blaschak cites a sharp drop in domestic demand—about 2.6 million hectoliters in the first half of 2025—and predicts a wave of brewery failures.
• Management seeks to harmonize differing site conditions and plans to end beer production in Braunschweig next year, while no date is set for the next round of talks.