The announcement of the voluntary liquidation of BenQ Mobile Gmbh, the former cell-phone division of Siemens, has triggered off a wave of protests. The firm is closing its doors and laying off 3000 people one year after it was sold. The works council of BenQ Mobile and IG Metall think that Siemens is morally and legally responsible before its former employees. (Ref. 06964)
The announcement, on September 28th, of the voluntary liquidation of BenQ Mobile Deutschland, revived the criticisms against Siemens’ methods of management. This time, these criticisms could have a juridical following. Indeed, BenQ Mobile GmbH is the former mobile phone division of Siemens. It was sold in 2005 to the Taiwanese group BenQ. Back then, BenQ had agreed to take back the subsidiary (in deficit) in exchange for 250 million euros and the use of the make. In return, BenQ had promised to
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