Overview
- A company spokesperson confirmed the decision is final, with beer production in Braunschweig ending by the close of 2025.
- About 120 employees are affected, with roughly ten roles in logistics and material management to remain on site.
- The shutdown timeline was moved forward from an initially indicated partial closure in spring 2026.
- Union NGG and the works council opposed the move and pursued a buyer, but takeover efforts did not succeed.
- The Braunschweig brewery, founded in 1871 and acquired by Oettinger from Carlsberg in 2009, will no longer brew beer after the transition.