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Analytik Jena opens EUR 96m new buildings – Magdeburg car supplier files for insolvency
Analytik Jena invested EUR 96m in Jena and Ilmenau. Globalfoundries is eyeing further expansion in Dresden. Car parts maker Weber Magdeburg (around 120 staff) has filed for insolvency.
Total listed investments2.57EUR bn
Dwelling permits Aug 2026, year on year6.8% +6.80 %
New entries since 16 Oct morning3
Announced job cuts with number (table)5,199
Instrument maker Analytik Jena opened new buildings in Thuringia: on Thursday in Jena and on Friday (16 October) in Ilmenau. Swiss parent Endress+Hauser invested around EUR 96m in total – about EUR 64m in Jena and EUR 32m in Ilmenau. 420 people work in Jena and more than 80 in Ilmenau. There is no firm pledge of new jobs; the Jena building has room for about 550 workplaces.
Chipmaker Globalfoundries wants to expand its Dresden plant further. According to Handelsblatt (Friday), a EUR 1.5bn phase is planned from 2028. A spokesperson did not confirm this, saying there are no concrete plans yet. The current EUR 1.1bn expansion, backed by EUR 495m in subsidies, is due to start series production in 2027. We therefore do not count the EUR 1.5bn.
Bad news from Saxony-Anhalt: car parts maker Weber Magdeburg (around 120 staff) has filed for insolvency. It makes cylinder heads for combustion engines. Its main customer Porsche had announced it would pull all orders. A provisional administrator is now examining ways to stabilise the company. At machine builder Kiefel in Freilassing (Bavaria), the IG Metall union criticised plans to cut about a third of jobs.
The Federal Statistical Office reported on Friday that 20,600 dwellings were approved in August, 6.8% more than a year earlier; January–August was up 12.1%. The table's investment total rises to EUR 2.57bn. Announced job cuts with a firm number fall to 5,199, because the GSK report from September is older than four weeks and has been dropped.
| State / region | Company / project | Sector | Amount (EUR m) | Jobs (− = cuts) | Status / date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thuringia (Jena, Ilmenau) | Analytik Jena (Endress+Hauser) – new production, lab and office buildings in Jena (c. EUR 64m) and Ilmenau (c. EUR 32m) | Analytical / lab instruments | 96 | – | NEW: opened 15 Oct (Jena) and 16 Oct 2026 (Ilmenau), dpa/Dr. Web; c. EUR 96m in total – in sum; 420 staff in Jena, over 80 in Ilmenau; no pledge of new jobs |
| Saxony (Dresden) | Globalfoundries – possible next phase from 2028 (EUR 1.5bn per Handelsblatt); current 'Sprint' expansion EUR 1.1bn | Semiconductors | – | – | NEW: Handelsblatt 16 Oct 2026, 08:21; spokesperson: no concrete plans – not in sum; 'Sprint': topping-out 9 Oct, series production 2027, EUR 495m aid; c. 3,000 staff |
| Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg) | Weber Magdeburg (Albert Weber Group) – insolvency filing; cylinder heads | Car parts supplier | – | – | NEW: dpa 16 Oct 2026; c. 120 staff affected; provisional administrator since 14 Oct; Porsche withdrew orders; no cut figure – not in total |
| Brandenburg (Grünheide, Oder-Spree district) | Tesla – new production hall, target up to 1m cars a year (500,000 planned so far) | Cars / EVs | – | – | 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 | – | – | 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; 16 Oct: IG Metall Rosenheim criticises scale, details end-Oct |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building permits for dwellings, August 2026 (20,600) | – | +6.8 % | 16 Oct 2026 |
| – January–August 2026 (169,400) | – | +12.1 % | 16 Oct 2026 |
| 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
- Dr. Web – Analytik Jena eröffnet Neubauten für 96 Millionen Euro in Jena und Ilmenau (16.10.2026)
- Nordbayerischer Kurier/dpa – Analytik Jena hat kräftig investiert (15.10.2026, 14:05)
- Handelsblatt – Globalfoundries investiert weitere Milliarden in Dresden (16.10.2026, 08:21)
- onvista/dpa-AFX – Globalfoundries: Weitere Investitionen in Dresden im Blick (16.10.2026, 10:35)
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- t-online/dpa – Autozulieferer Weber Magdeburg stellt Insolvenzantrag, 120 Jobs (16.10.2026, 16:08)
- Münster Aktuell – Kiefel: IG Metall kritisiert Stellenabbau (16.10.2026)
- Destatis – Baugenehmigungen für Wohnungen im August 2026: +6,8 % (16.10.2026, Nr. 370)
- boerse.de/dpa-AFX – Überblick Konjunktur 16.10.2026, 17.00 Uhr
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- 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, 16.10.: Nr. 370; 17.10.: keine)
- 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
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- Destatis – Inflationsrate im September 2026 voraussichtlich +3,3 % (30.9.2026)
- finanzen.net/dpa-AFX – Wochenvorschau: Termine bis 23. Oktober 2026 (9.10.2026)
- 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)
- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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