Germany’s well-known porcelain manufacturer Rosenthal may have to close one of its two production sites and cut jobs as it faces a crisis, a spokeswoman for the renowned household goods maker said on Sunday.
Talks between management and the union were ongoing, she said from company headquarters in Selb, Bavaria.
“The content of the current negotiations is a focus on only one production site, which will produce to a smaller extent,” the spokeswoman said.
“Which factory will remain is part of ongoing talks,” she added.
The company currently produces at Selb and Speichersdorf, both in Bavaria, employing 600 workers.
The company noted that consumer behaviour had changed and that wage costs had risen.
The company was founded in Selb in 1879. Increased foreign competition led to a sale to Waterfood-Wedgewood in the United Kingdom in 1997. In 2009, Rosenthal declared insolvency and was bought out by Italy’s Arcturus Group.
