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Tesla plans to expand Grünheide – Ubisoft in talks on job cuts in Germany
Tesla is planning a new hall in Brandenburg for up to one million cars a year. Ubisoft is in talks on job cuts – about 100 jobs, according to an industry outlet. Local business tax hits a record.
Total listed investments2.47EUR bn
Local business tax 2025 (record, vs 2024)76.4EUR bn +1.50 %
New entries since 15 Oct morning2
Announced job cuts with a number (table)5,840
Tesla wants to expand its plant in Grünheide (Brandenburg) with a new production hall, the German Press Agency (dpa) reported on Thursday, 15 October. The goal is up to one million cars a year – twice the 500,000 planned so far, a figure not yet reached. Tesla aims to file for the second partial permit by the end of the year. The size of the hall and the amount of investment are open. According to Tesla, 12,600 people work there today; it plans to hire 2,000 for car production and more than 1,500 for battery cells.
Games publisher Ubisoft on Thursday confirmed talks with works councils at its studios in Düsseldorf, Mainz and Berlin (Ubisoft Blue Byte, about 580 staff). It plans a voluntary leave programme; severance terms are not confirmed. Industry outlet Game File reports that about 100 jobs could go; Ubisoft gives no number. At machine maker Trumpf (Ditzingen), the number of staff in Germany fell by 7.1% to 8,675 in the 2025/26 financial year. Machine maker Pedax in Bitburg (Eifel, more than 100 staff) has filed for insolvency; operations continue.
In retail, the future of 36 Tegut supermarkets is still open: there is no buyer for them yet, and all stores stay open until a takeover. Amazon said it has invested more than EUR 100bn in Germany since 2010, including EUR 15bn in 2025. It plans to present new projects at the 'Invest in Germany Summit' on 19–20 October. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported that local business tax (Gewerbesteuer, a municipal tax on company profits) reached a record EUR 76.4bn in 2025 (+1.5%). In Baden-Württemberg it fell by 7.2%.
The table has two new entries, neither with a fixed amount or job number. The totals therefore stay the same: EUR 2.47bn in investment and 5,840 announced job cuts with a firm number. To keep the table at 25 rows, the oldest entries without a number are dropped (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Schaeffler).
| State / region | Company / project | Sector | Amount (EUR m) | Jobs (− = cuts) | Status / date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandenburg (Grünheide, Oder-Spree district) | Tesla – new production hall, target up to 1m cars a year (500,000 planned so far) | Cars / EVs | – | – | NEW: dpa 15 Oct 2026; application for 2nd partial permit by end-2026; amount and hall size open; 12,600 staff today, 2,000 + over 1,500 hires planned (no amount, not in total); construction start 2027 targeted (per Entwicklungsstadt, unconfirmed) |
| North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Berlin (Düsseldorf, Mainz, Berlin) | Ubisoft Blue Byte – voluntary leave programme at three studios (about 580 staff) | Video games | – | – | NEW: talks with works councils confirmed 15 Oct 2026; per Game File about 100 jobs (unconfirmed; company gives no number, so not in total); timing open |
| Bavaria (Freilassing, Upper Bavaria) | Kiefel (Brückner Group) – about one third of jobs at headquarters to go; production moving closer to customers in Asia | Machinery (thermoforming) | – | – | staff informed 13 Oct 2026; per Passauer Neue Presse about 130 affected (company gives no figure, so not in total); talks with works council, concrete steps by end-Oct 2026; about 100 jobs already cut in 2024 |
| Baden-Württemberg (Konstanz) | Körber Supply Chain Logistics – considering closing sorting-machine production and moving it abroad (about 450 staff at the site) | Machinery / logistics equipment | – | – | per Südkurier (evening of 12 Oct 2026); no decision, no job figure or timetable from the company; similar plans already in 2024 |
| Hesse (Heppenheim) | InfectoPharm – logistics centre expanded by 40% (about 3,000 sq m, over 11,000 sq m in total) | Pharma / logistics | – | – | press release 14 Oct 2026; 'investment in the millions' without exact amount (not in total); completion by March 2027; no figures on new jobs |
| North Rhine-Westphalia (Hagen, Krefeld, Siegen, Witten) | Deutsche Edelstahlwerke (Swiss Steel) – sale of Hagen (about 300 staff) and Krefeld (about 450) plants; Siegen steelworks paused (about 220 affected) | Steel / specialty steel | – | – | 13 Oct 2026 (dpa); closure if no buyer; Witten (over 1,000 staff) to become central site, investment amount not given; 2-year overhaul; not in total – unclear how many jobs go |
| North Rhine-Westphalia (Paderborn) | Claas Industrietechnik – plant expansion (gearboxes, crawler undercarriages) | Farm machinery | 70 | 100 | Announced 10 Oct 2026; confirmed in press release (EQS) 12 Oct 2026: 'more than EUR 70m', 'more than 100 additional' jobs in coming years; about 600 staff today |
| Saxony (Coswig, Meissen district) | Walzengießerei Coswig – closure in insolvency, all 170 staff given notice | Foundry / metals | – | −170 | Reported 11 Oct 2026 (Berliner Kurier citing Sächsische Zeitung and Bild); production ends late Nov 2026; insolvent since Nov 2025 (then about 220 staff), no buyer |
| Saxony (Dresden) | GSK – closure of vaccine plant (641 jobs per Berliner Zeitung) | Pharma / vaccines | – | −641 | announced 10 Sep 2026; flu vaccine production moves to Canada, closure by summer 2028; staff protest, support pledged by state premier Kretschmer (8–9 Oct) |
| Baden-Württemberg (Bietigheim-Bissingen) | Nidec Motors & Actuators – planned closure of production | Auto supplier / electric motors | – | −116 | per IG Metall union (6 Oct 2026); by end-2027; sales office to move to Stuttgart area; company gave no reasons |
| Thuringia (Kahla) | Porzellanmanufaktur Kahla – end of porcelain production in insolvency | Porcelain / ceramics | – | −98 | announced 7 Oct 2026 (administrator Rolf Rombach); 98 staff lose their jobs (t-online); production until end-Oct 2026, decoration until year-end |
| Thuringia (Woffleben) and Brandenburg (Brandenburg an der Havel) | INVEHO – closure of two freight-wagon workshops (220 + about 80 jobs) | Rail / maintenance | – | −300 | Brandenburg: known since 24 Sep 2026 (city of Brandenburg, about 80); Woffleben: reported 5 Oct 2026 (nnz, about 220); closure by end-2026; Altenburg site stays |
| Mecklenburg-W. Pomerania (Rostock) | EEW SPC – cuts at offshore-wind monopile plant (of about 1,000) | Wind power / steel | – | −100 | reported 6 Oct 2026 (Nordkurier, citing media reports); low utilisation expected through 2028 |
| Saxony-Anhalt (Leuna) | Aurora – new medical cannabis production hall, capacity doubled | Pharma | – | 10 | Opened 8 Oct 2026; investment in the mid single-digit millions (not in total); now 55 staff; Saxony-Anhalt investment agency confirmed 'several million euros' on 13 Oct 2026 |
| Hesse (Sterbfritz, Sinntal municipality) | OPmobility – considering moving production of exterior body parts | Car parts supplier | – | −460 | Announced 7 Oct 2026; about 460 jobs in Sterbfritz by end-2027 (+ about 310 in France per media); not final, talks with employee representatives planned |
| Bavaria (Taufkirchen an der Vils) | Himolla – job cuts in self-administered insolvency (previously 714 jobs) | Furniture | – | −175 | Reported 6 Oct 2026; notices served end-Sep; about 540 jobs remain |
| Saxony-Anhalt (Rogätz) and Saxony (Leppersdorf) | Theo Müller – closure of Homann sauce plant and Sachsenmilch cheese dairy | Food / dairy | – | −320 | Announced 6 Oct 2026; Leppersdorf by 31 Dec 2026, Rogätz end-Sep 2027 (about 160 jobs each) |
| Saxony-Anhalt (Bitterfeld-Wolfen) | Verbio – chemical plant for rapeseed-based feedstocks (just under EUR 100m) | Chemicals / bio-based | 100 | 50 | Started 6 Oct 2026; up to 60,000 t a year; about 130 staff at the site |
| Thuringia (Erfurt) | X-Fab – 'Fab4Micro' chip fab (EUR 300–400m) | Semiconductors | 300 | 100 | Groundbreaking 5 Oct 2026; aid EUR 127.4m (federal 80.3 + state 47.1); production from end-2028 |
| Mecklenburg-W. Pomerania (Ueckermünde) | Breyden – iron foundry closure | Car supplier | – | −320 | Announced 3 Oct 2026; closure end-2026 |
| Saxony-Anhalt (Leuna) | Leuna-Polyamid – insolvency and shutdown | Chemicals | – | −440 | Proceedings opened 1 Oct 2026; most jobs end 31 Jan 2027 |
| Bavaria (Irlbach-Straßkirchen) | BMW – battery plant (Gen6) | Cars / batteries | 1,000 | 1,600 | Opened, series production reported 2 Oct 2026; jobs at full capacity |
| Bavaria (Munich, Dingolfing) | BMW – new 3 Series / i3 production (about half of EUR 2bn) | Cars | 1,000 | – | Announced 30 Sep 2026 |
| Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate | Biontech – closure of Tübingen, Marburg, Idar-Oberstein | Pharma | – | −1,800 | Announced 28 Sep 2026; closures 2027–2028 |
| Bavaria (Nuremberg) | Bosch Mobility – half of jobs cut | Car supplier | – | −900 | Announced 28 Sep 2026; by end-2029 |
| Indicator | vs prior month (%) | vs year earlier (%) | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local business tax (Gewerbesteuer) revenue 2025: EUR 76.4bn, record (vs 2024; Baden-Württemberg −7.2%, Saxony −6.9%) | – | +1.5 % | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Agricultural producer prices, August 2026 (potatoes +61.5%, milk −23.9%; largest monthly rise since March 2022) | +5.5 % | −7.0 % | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Wholesale prices, September 2026 (mineral oil products +48.8%, non-ferrous metals +24.9%, chemicals +16.4%) | +1.9 % | +8.7 % | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Government autumn projection: GDP growth 2026 (spring: 0.5%; 2027: 1.1%) | – | +1.3 % | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Inflation, September 2026 – final (core 2.4%, energy +14.9%, food +0.4%, services +2.7%) | +0.6 % | +3.3 % | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Company insolvencies, July 2026 (2,373; highest July figure in 13 years) | – | +8.0 % | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Consumer insolvencies, July 2026 (7,111) | – | −5.9 % | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Exports, August 2026 (EUR 137.6bn) | −0.8 % | +6.2 % | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Imports, August 2026 (EUR 118.1bn) | +0.9 % | +5.5 % | 8 Oct 2026 |
| – exports to the US (EUR 13.5bn) | −6.3 % | +22.6 % | 8 Oct 2026 |
| – imports from China (EUR 16.8bn) | +11.0 % | – | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Industrial production, total, August 2026 | +2.0 % | +2.3 % | 7 Oct 2026 |
| – construction, August 2026 | +9.3 % | – | 7 Oct 2026 |
| – car industry, August 2026 | −5.4 % | – | 7 Oct 2026 |
| – machinery, August 2026 | +5.3 % | – | 7 Oct 2026 |
| – energy-intensive industry, August 2026 | −0.5 % | −2.1 % | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Industrial production, July 2026 (revised) | −1.2 % | −1.8 % | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Industrial orders, August 2026 | −10.6 % | – | 6 Oct 2026 |
| State | September 2026 (%) | September 2025 (%) | Unemployed (thousand) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6.4 | 6.3 | 2,994.0 |
| Bavaria | 4.2 | – | – |
| Baden-Württemberg | 4.7 | 4.7 | 306.1 |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 7.9 | 7.8 | 792.7 |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 8.0 | 7.8 | 88.0 |
| Berlin | 10.4 | 10.3 | 223.8 |
| Bremen | 11.2 | – | – |
For information only, not investment advice. Prices as of the time stated, not real-time quotes.
Sources
- Handelsblatt/dpa – Tesla schiebt Werksausbau an – eine Million Autos als Ziel (15.10.2026, 16:38)
- Entwicklungsstadt – Tesla plant in Grünheide eine Fabrik der Superlative (15.10.2026)
- GamesWirtschaft – Ubisoft Blue Byte bestätigt Stellenabbau in Deutschland (15.10.2026)
- Münster Aktuell – Ubisoft: In Deutschland könnten rund 100 Arbeitsplätze wegfallen (15.10.2026)
- Wochenblatt-Reporter – Gewinnsprung bei Trumpf in Ditzingen (15.10.2026)
- t-online – Pedax: „Hidden Champion“ aus der Eifel ist insolvent (15.10.2026, 17:18)
- WirtschaftsWoche/dpa – Zukunft von 36 Tegut-Supermärkten noch ungeklärt (15.10.2026, 12:42)
- Amazon Press Center – Amazon übertrifft Investitionsmeilenstein von 100 Milliarden Euro (15.10.2026)
- onvista/dpa-AFX – Überblick Unternehmen 15.10.2026, 15.15 Uhr (Trumpf, Tegut, Lufthansa)
- Destatis via finanznachrichten – Gewerbesteuereinnahmen 2025 um 1,5 % höher als im Vorjahr (15.10.2026)
- Destatis – Erzeugerpreise landwirtschaftlicher Produkte im August 2026: −7,0 % (14.10.2026)
- Destatis – Pressemitteilungen (Übersicht, Stand 16.10.2026 früh)
- ZEW – Veröffentlichungstermine 2026 (ZEW-Konjunkturerwartungen Oktober: 20.10.2026)
- Destatis – Großhandelspreise im September 2026: +8,7 % gegenüber September 2025 (14.10.2026)
- Dr. Web – Kiefel will in Freilassing ein Drittel der Stellen streichen (14.10.2026, nach Kiefel-PM 13.10. und Passauer Neuer Presse)
- Dr. Web – Körber will laut Südkurier die Fertigung in Konstanz schließen (13.10.2026)
- Pflumm.de / Pressemitteilung – InfectoPharm erweitert Logistik am Standort Heppenheim (14.10.2026)
- onvista/dpa-AFX – Maschinenbauer werden zuversichtlicher, aber Jobabbau droht (14.10.2026, 08:47)
- finanzen.net/dpa-AFX – Überblick Unternehmen 14.10.2026, 15.15 Uhr
- Investieren in Sachsen-Anhalt – Aurora Cannabis auf Wachstumskurs in Leuna (13.10.2026)
- ZDFheute – Bundesregierung hebt Wachstumsprognose an (Herbstprojektion, 8.10.2026)
- Supertipp/dpa – Stahlfirma will Werke in Hagen und Krefeld verkaufen (13.10.2026)
- finanzen.net – Swiss Steel plant Verkauf der Werke in Hagen und Krefeld (13.10.2026, 17:33)
- Münster Aktuell – Swiss Steel will Krefelder Werk verkaufen: 450 Beschäftigte (13.10.2026)
- Destatis – Inflationsrate im September 2026 bei +3,3 % (13.10.2026)
- finanzen.net/dpa-AFX – Überblick Konjunktur 13.10.2026, 17.00 Uhr (Inflation, IWF-Prognose 1,3 %)
- t-online – Autozulieferer schließt Werk: 116 Beschäftigte betroffen (Nidec, aktualisiert 13.10.2026)
- onvista/EQS-News – Claas Paderborn: Investitionsentscheidung von 70 Millionen Euro (12.10.2026)
- Radio Hochstift – Claas investiert über 70 Mio. Euro in Erweiterung des Standorts Paderborn, mehr als 100 neue Stellen (11.10.2026, 10:02)
- Neue Westfälische – 70-Millionen-Investition: Claas baut sein Zukunftswerk in Paderborn (12.10.2026, 05:00)
- Berliner Kurier – Walzengießerei Coswig schließt: 170 Beschäftigte verlieren ihren Job (11.10.2026, 08:00)
- Destatis via finanznachrichten/news aktuell – Veröffentlichungstermine 12.–16.10.2026 (9.10.2026)
- Destatis – Inflationsrate im September 2026 voraussichtlich +3,3 % (30.9.2026)
- finanzen.net/dpa-AFX – Wochenvorschau: Termine bis 23. Oktober 2026 (9.10.2026)
- Berliner Zeitung – GSK-Schließung in Dresden: Landesregierung und Gewerkschaften kämpfen um Werk, 641 Jobs (8.10.2026)
- Deutsches Ärzteblatt – GSK will Impfstoffwerk Dresden schließen (10.9.2026)
- t-online – Insolvenz: Deutsche Porzellanmanufaktur nach 182 Jahren vor dem Aus (Kahla, 7./8.10.2026)
- Berliner Zeitung – Keine Rettung für Kahla (7.10.2026)
- nnz-online – Waggon-Werkstatt in Woffleben wird dicht gemacht (5.10.2026)
- Brandenburg live / Stadt Brandenburg an der Havel – Schließung von INVEHO BRB zum 31.12.2026 (rund 80 Beschäftigte)
- Nordkurier – Offshore-Zulieferer streicht 100 Jobs (EEW Rostock, 6./7.10.2026)
- hessenschau – Automobil-Zulieferer OPmobility vor dem Aus in Sinntal (9.10.2026)
- Werra-Rundschau – OPmobility will hessischen Standort schließen: 460 Beschäftigte (11.10.2026)
- EUWID – Himolla to cut 175 jobs and end final assembly in Taufkirchen (7.10.2026)
- onvista/dpa – Firmenpleiten steigen auch im Juli spürbar (9.10.2026)
- Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung – Kretschmer sichert GSK-Beschäftigten Unterstützung zu (9.10.2026)
- IG Metall Ludwigsburg – Nidec plant Produktionsschließung in Bietigheim-Bissingen (6.10.2026)
- Diebewertung – 116 Arbeitsplätze vor dem Aus (Nidec, 9.10.2026)
- Destatis – Unternehmensinsolvenzen im Juli 2026: +8,0 % gegenüber Juli 2025 (9.10.2026)
- finanzen.net/dpa-AFX – Überblick Konjunktur 9.10.2026, 17.00 Uhr
- finanzen.net/dpa-AFX – Überblick Unternehmen 9.10.2026, 15.15 Uhr
- Münster Aktuell – Kahla gibt Porzellanproduktion auf (7.10.2026)
- Leuna-Echo – Aurora verdoppelt Produktion in Leuna (9.10.2026)
- Münster Aktuell – OPmobility plant Abbau von rund 770 Stellen (7.10.2026)
- Münster Aktuell – Himolla baut 175 Stellen ab (6.10.2026)
- Destatis – Exporte im August 2026: −0,8 % zum Juli 2026 (8.10.2026)
- finanzen.net/dpa-AFX – Überblick Konjunktur 8.10.2026, 17.00 Uhr (Exporte, Wachstumsprognose 1,3 %)
- onvista/dpa-AFX – Überblick Unternehmen 8.10.2026, 15.15 Uhr
- onvista/dpa-AFX – Überblick Unternehmen 7.10.2026, 15.15 Uhr
- Destatis – Produktion im August 2026: +2,0 % zum Vormonat (7.10.2026)
- ARIVA/dpa-AFX – Überblick Konjunktur 7.10.2026, 17.00 Uhr
- finanznachrichten/dpa-AFX – Theo Müller schließt Werke in Sachsen-Anhalt und Sachsen (6.10.2026)
- Handelsblatt – Theo Müller schließt zwei Werke (6.10.2026)
- ms-aktuell – Müller schließt Homann-Werk und Käserei (6.10.2026)
- onvista/dpa-AFX – Verbio startet neue Chemieanlage (6.10.2026)
- 320grad – Verbio Bitterfeld (6.10.2026)
- Destatis – Auftragseingang August 2026: -10,6 % (6.10.2026)
- finanzen.net/dpa-AFX – Überblick Unternehmen 6.10.2026, 15.15 Uhr
- ad-hoc-news – Fab4Micro: X-Fab investiert bis zu 400 Mio. Euro, Spatenstich (5.10.2026)
- Oiger – X-Fab baut Chipstandort Erfurt aus (5.10.2026)
- it-boltwise – X-Fab legt Grundstein in Erfurt (5.10.2026)
- t-online – 320 Jobs weg: Autozulieferer macht Werk dicht (Breyden Ueckermünde, 5.10.2026)
- onvista/dpa – Neue Chipfabrik in Thüringen (X-Fab Erfurt, 5.10.2026)
- t-online/dpa – X-Fab Chipfabrik Erfurt (4.10.2026)
- RNZ/dpa – X-Fab Erfurt (4.10.2026)
- Nordkurier – Eisengießerei Ueckermünde schließt (3.10.2026)
- ms-aktuell – Gießerei Ueckermünde (3.10.2026)
- Berliner Kurier – Leuna-Polyamid insolvent (2.10.2026)
- t-online – Leuna-Polyamid, Kosten für das Land (2.10.2026)
- BIAJ – Ländervergleich Arbeitslose September 2026
- Land Baden-Württemberg – Arbeitsmarkt September 2026 (30.9.2026)
- Supertipp/dpa – Arbeitslose NRW September 2026 (30.9.2026)
- Volksstimme/dpa – Sachsen-Anhalt September 2026
- Volksstimme/dpa – Berlin September 2026 (30.9.2026)
- electrive – BMW Batteriewerk Irlbach-Straßkirchen (2.10.2026)
- BMW Group PressClub – rund 2 Mrd. Euro für neuen 3er (30.9.2026)
- BMWBlog – Aufteilung 2 Mrd. Euro (30.9.2026)
- ZDFheute – Biontech schließt drei Werke (28.9.2026)
- inFranken – Bosch Nürnberg (28.9.2026)
- ZDFheute – Arbeitslosenzahlen September 2026 (30.9.2026)
- Bundesagentur für Arbeit – Arbeitsmarkt im September 2026
