Deerlijk, Belgium / Albstadt, Germany: Groz-Beckert, headquartered in Albstadt, Germany, has formulated the intention to close the production subsidiary Groz-Beckert Carding Belgium in Deerlijk. The Company informed its staff of the intention on June 25, 2026. Groz-Beckert Carding Belgium currently employs 58 people.

This intention is based on the site’s loss-making production structure, which raises concerns regarding its sustainability in both the short and longer term. The challenges are not driven by isolated or temporary effects, but are based on structural cost disadvantages, increasing pressure from competitors with lower cost bases, and growing price pressure. Future growth and demand are expected primarily in Asia, with a strong focus on China. This requires better alignment of our production footprint with sales and customer structure.

For this reason, Groz-Beckert has initiated a formal information and consultation process with the employee representatives of Groz-Beckert Carding Belgium. The aim of this process is to give employee representatives the opportunity to receive detailed information, ask questions, present their views and propose alternatives to the intended closure, which Groz-Beckert will carefully examine and answer. The company will engage in a constructive exchange with the employee representatives to discuss all the potential options.

The outcome of the information and consultation process is still open. Any decision on whether to close the site or not will only be made after the information and consultation process has been duly completed. Groz-Beckert will communicate further once this process has been completed.

About Groz-Beckert
Groz-Beckert is supplier of industrial machine needles, precision parts and fine tools, as well as systems and services for the production and joining of textile fabrics. Its products and services support the fields of knitting, weaving, nonwovens, tufting, sewing and spinning.
Groz-Beckert is part of the Groz-Beckert Group, which specializes in the development, manufacture and distribution of process-critical textile precision tools, industrial cutting solutions, textile reinforcements for the construction industry and composites.
The group consists of the companies Groz-Beckert, TKM and solidian and generated sales of 799 million euros in 2025 with around 8,800 employees worldwide. The company is active in more than 150 countries with agencies, production and sales subsidiaries.