On-the-job training - A German export hit losing favour at home

A worker at German manufacturer of silos and liquid tankers, Feldbinder Special Vehicles, checks rolls of aluminium at the company's plant in Winsen, Germany, July 10, 2018. Picture taken July 10, 2018. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

WINSEN AN DER LUHE, Germany (Reuters) - Nina Lorea Kley urgently needs young people to train as vehicle builders at her company's factories in northern and eastern Germany. She has enough orders and money to hire 20 this summer but can only find 14.

Feldbinder makes 2,000 customised trailers, railway wagons and containers a year but won't be able to keep that up without new recruits, especially because many employees are due to retire in the next few years.