KTM before the out: Creditor decision could bring the clear cut!

KTM before the out: Creditor decision could bring the clear cut!

The Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM is facing a decisive round of moods on February 25, 2025, which will decide on his future. At the regional court in the Innkreis, the creditors decide on a renovation plan that promises an urgently needed 30 percent barquote for debts of over 2 billion euros. Problems due to debt of 1.2 billion euros are heavy on the company, and parts of the banking landscape, including the Oberbank, relate to a change of course that brings support from BMW motorcycle, such as oe24.at reported.

BMW plans to restructure

Insider information indicates that BMW Motorrad plans to take over the KTM brand and to withdraw the shops from Austria. In this scenario, the 4,500 employees in Mattighofen face massive layoffs until the end of 2025. Research and development should be relocated to Munich, while production goes to India, where the partner TVs and the Bajaj group are already in the hindquarters, as in another report by efahrer.chip.de . This could have catastrophic consequences for the work in Austria, since suppliers and employees are imminent because the industry in Mattighofen could possibly become an "industrial ruin".

The creditors not only have the option of approving the bankruptcy plan, but also the chance to avert a complete clear cut. However, if there is no renovation plan, an immediate breakdown from KTM to a possible backing of only 15 percent is inevitable for the creditors. The decision that is made today has far-reaching consequences for the entire KTM group as well as its employees and suppliers in Austria.