
The automotive supplier announces that it will cut 900 of 1,800 jobs in Nuremberg over the next three years. The reason is the crisis in the combustion engine and pressure from China.
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The automotive supplier Bosch is suffering from the structural change to electromobility, stagnating markets and international price pressure.
Bosch has announced that it will halve the number of jobs at its Nuremberg factory. Over the next three years, the automotive supplier plans to cut around half of its 1,800 employees. The company announced that 900 jobs will be cut by 2029. The job cuts in Nuremberg are to be in addition to the already announced reduction of 22,000 employees across the group. The majority of this affects the mobility sector.
At the end of the first half of 2026, Bosch already had around 6,500 fewer employees than at the end of 2025 - but was still able to increase its sales by 3.6 percent compared to the previous year. Last year, the company was in the red after taxes for the first time since the financial crisis and posted a loss at the bottom line.
Bosch justified the move in Nuremberg with the progressive change in the automotive industry and the increasing competition and price pressure in the sector. Competitors from China in particular are putting pressure on the supplier. The global car market is stagnating and demand in Europe is even declining.
In Nuremberg, Bosch primarily produces components for combustion engines and fuel cells. Due to the change towards electromobility, combustion engines are becoming less important. The fuel cell for hydrogen drives has so far not been able to meet the expectations placed on it. It was said that this would lead to a surplus of staff in Nuremberg, which would not be economically viable in the long term.
Bosch announced socially acceptable solutions for the reduction. »This decision is extremely difficult for us as it has profound effects on our dedicated team in Nuremberg. However, we must adapt our structures to the changed market environment and restore our competitiveness," it said in a statement.
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