Overview
- Haus Cramer Gruppe, which announced the overhaul Thursday, will shut the Herford brewery in the second half of 2026 and try to sell Paderborn, with closure by year-end 2026 if no buyer emerges.
- About 211 jobs are at risk across the two sites, and the company says some roles could move to its Warstein headquarters.
- Brewing in North Rhine-Westphalia will be centralized in Warstein, and the Herforder and Paderborner brands will continue there.
- The consolidation would remove roughly 30% of the group’s capacity in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region.
- The NGG union accuses management of breaking a 2021 site-security deal that workers accepted in exchange for wage and bonus concessions, and it is pressing for a social plan and resistance.