Overview
- The Zur-Mühlen group’s Anhalter Fleischwaren plant in Zerbst will become the primary site for Eberswalder production, where the company already makes a large share of the brand’s items and employs about 700 people.
- The Britz bei Eberswalde factory was closed earlier this year after nearly 50 years of operation, affecting roughly 500 workers and prompting the company to shift output to other sites.
- Company statements say about 95 percent of Eberswalder products will continue to come from eastern German plants, with additional production in Suhl and Chemnitz and some packaged items still made in northern Germany.
- The trade union NGG criticized the consolidation as a profit-driven market clean-up that risks local jobs, while the owner cited economic conditions and the need to streamline operations.
- The move deepens concentration in a sector already dominated by a few large firms and could reshape local labor markets and supplier networks in eastern Germany as Zerbst takes on a larger production role.