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Growth 7Transformation 1Decline 3
Key figures
2,300affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 2 reports · since Dec 2025
Largest job cuts
- Zalando to close Erfurt logistics centre, 2,100 jobs2,100 Affected staff ·
- Musashi closes its Leinefelde machining unit, cutting 200 jobs200 Affected staff ·
Sectors
| Sector | Entries | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|
| Transport & mobility | 2 | — |
| Automotive supplier | 1 | 200 |
| Industry | 1 | — |
| Logistics | 1 | — |
| Retail | 1 | 2,100 |
Follow-up
Followed up: 2 of 2 announcements older than six months.
Documented outcome: completed: 1.
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Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- HSB reopens refurbished Ilfeld viaduct to trains · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Telekom to buy Polish fibre providers Fiberhost and Inea · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Poland
- Hitachi Rail invests EUR 7m in Arnstadt signalling site · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB Regio expands Erfurt depot for battery trains with EUR 2.6m grant · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Zalando to close Erfurt logistics centre, 2,100 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Zalando to close its Erfurt logistics centre, affecting 2,700 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
2025
- Musashi closes its Leinefelde machining unit, cutting 200 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB invests about EUR 250 million in ICE City and DB Campus in Erfurt · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
2018
- ETCS Level 2 enters regular service between Erfurt and Eisenach · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2016
- Weimar–Jena-Göschwitz line reopens after double-tracking · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2015
- Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed line (VDE 8.2) enters service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany