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For years, FACC has benefited from the growing international aviation industry. When airlines crashed as a result of the Corona crisis, the Innviertel-based company had to react as well. 650 of the 3,400 employees in Upper Austria will lose their jobs.
Starting at eight in the morning, yesterday working meetings were held throughout the day at the Ried fairgrounds. CEO Robert Machtlinger informed the works council and responsible Bau-Holz unions and private employees, print, journalism and newspaper about the mass reduction: “That hurts, but we have to react to avoid more damage, “said one yesterday. Machtlinger visibly depressed. With 650 jobs, the company remains at the lower end of the reduction that the ON news had already confirmed in May. Due to the big changes in the market, FACC sales this year will decrease from 230 to 520 million euros compared to the previous year.
“Normal operation” from October
In recent months, a social plan was negotiated for the affected employees. The negotiating partners did not want to reveal any details. All employees affected by the layoff must be informed by the end of next week. On October 1, FACC will end part-time work and want to return to a mostly normal production environment. Machtlinger estimates that the market will stabilize in 2021. However, the traffic volume should still be around 30 percent below that of 2019. “It will be slow.” The 2019 market level will not be reached again until 2024 at the earliest. FACC used Corona months for innovations. “With all that we had to endure, we have the opportunity to re-establish aromatic brands.” (South Dakota)
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