---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-004908"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COHU"
cik: "0000021535"
company_name: "COHU INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T06:33:41.501054+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cohu launches restructuring; consolidates Swiss/German ops, expects $6.1-7.2M charges

## Summary
- Expects pretax charges of $6.1M-$7.2M for severance/termination benefits, cash-paid in fiscal 2025.
- Consolidating operations from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and Kolbermoor, Germany into lower-cost locations.
- Headcount reductions in U.S. and Asia; negotiations with Swiss and German unions required.
- Aims to reduce costs amid extended downturn in semiconductor test/inspection equipment industry.
- All charges recognized in Semiconductor Test & Inspection segment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-004908
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COHU
- cik: 0000021535
- company_name: COHU INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21535/000143774925004908/0001437749-25-004908-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21535/000143774925004908/cohu20250224_8k.htm

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