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Growth 16Transformation 4Decline 5
Key figures
+1,420new jobs announcedfrom 3 reports · since Nov 2025
1,160affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 3 reports · since Jul 2026
Largest expansions
- Infineon opens €5bn Smart Power Fab in Dresden, adding 1,000 jobs+1,000 New jobs ·
- Covenant opens cruise missile plant in Leipzig+250 New jobs ·
- UFZ Leipzig opens new €41m research building, adding 170 jobs+170 New jobs ·
Largest job cuts
- GSK to close Dresden vaccine plant by 2028, cutting 650 jobs650 Affected staff ·
- Report: solar specialist Energiekonzepte Deutschland files for insolvency340 Affected staff ·
- Westermann Druck to stop Zwickau production, 170 jobs170 Affected staff ·
Sectors
| Sector | Entries | New jobs | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banking | 2 | — | — |
| Energy | 2 | — | 340 |
| Defence | 1 | +250 | — |
| Finance / Insurance | 1 | — | — |
| Logistics | 1 | — | — |
Follow-up
Followed up: 2 of 2 announcements older than six months.
Documented outcome: realised: 2.
Relocated abroad, to: 🇨🇦 Canada.
All outcomes and relocations →
Open cases
- Report: solar specialist Energiekonzepte Deutschland files for insolvencyNext milestone: 1 Dec 2026
- DWS to acquire real estate manager Peakside Capital AdvisorsNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Covenant opens cruise missile plant in Leipzig · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DWS to acquire real estate manager Peakside Capital Advisors · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Switzerland
- DB InfraGO opens new Sellerhausen-Stünz rail bridge in Leipzig · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: solar specialist Energiekonzepte Deutschland files for insolvency · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- GSK to close Dresden vaccine plant by 2028, cutting 650 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Baumann Spedition files for self-administered restructuring · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Westermann Druck to stop Zwickau production, 170 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Metaprint to build new Lichtenau plant under €50-60m programme · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EnBW halts Senec's new-customer business, signals job cuts · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Infineon opens €5bn Smart Power Fab in Dresden, adding 1,000 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Leipziger Volksbank and Volksbank Delitzsch to merge · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Volksbank Chemnitz and Raiffeisenbank Burgstädt to merge · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB energises overhead line between Chemnitz Hbf and Chemnitz Süd · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2025
- Cross-border Knappenrode–Horka line: ETCS goes live on German side · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB completes refurbishment of Elstertal Viaduct in Vogtland · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VVO and ZVON merge to form Eastern Saxony transport association · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- UFZ Leipzig opens new €41m research building, adding 170 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB inaugurates renewed roof of Dresden Hauptbahnhof train shed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Leipzig–Dresden upgrade: Zeithain–Leckwitz section opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2024
- Chemnitz completes Bahnbogen rail arc modernisation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2023
- Dresden-Plauen stop becomes barrier-free Zukunftsbahnhof · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2020
- Saxony-Franconia line: Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz section renewed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Leipzig rail hub: second construction phase completed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Dresden–Elsterwerda connecting curve now allows 130 km/h · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2019
- Saxony-Franconia line: Paditz–Lehndorf section completed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany