Aalcon of Aalen shuts down, cutting 55 jobs

The final shutdown of the insolvent Aalen-based industrial service provider Aalcon is sealed: 55 of the most recently around 80 employees are losing their jobs, and no wages have been paid for three months. Main client Zeiss SMT had cut its order volume by around 70 percent; no buyer could be found, and after 26 years operations are being discontinued.