Weitzer Parkett is cutting around 300 jobs at its Güssing location – equivalent to one-third of its workforce. The Austrian parquet floor manufacturer is responding to the weak construction economy, which particularly affects the wood processing industry. For you as a craft business, this means: The order situation in the parquet segment remains tight, and competition for new building projects is intensifying further. This case exemplifies how severely the entire wood industry is currently affected by the collapse in residential construction.
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