Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
The Germany-based retail company Aldi has announced the creation of about 250 jobs at its new technology centre in Kraków by the end of 2022. The company is to hire IT specialists to boost digitalisation and technological transformation of business processes. The new centre focuses on the cooperation of internal and external IT specialists and works on projects and IT solutions for the Aldi Nord Group.
Aldi, the discount supermarket chain, was founded in 1946 in Germany. Currently, the company has over 11,000 stores in 20 countries employing more than 125,000 people. The chain has been operating in Poland since 2006. Besides the activities in Kraków, the company is to develop IT solutions in Essen, Germany.
Previous business expansion for Poland was announced in February 2021 (600 jobs created).
Eurofound (2021), Aldi, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105464, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/105464.
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