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 technical consultancy company, Rejlers Finland, is recruiting 100 persons for entry-level jobs in the fields of industrial, energy and construction design, as well as consulting in Finland. The recruitment campaign is focsed on candidates who have recently completed or are in the final stages of their third-cycle education. The company has already opened up the application process and reports that by mid-November it has already received 200 applications.
According to the company’s CEO, the investments in technology, engineering and energy industries have been high despite the rising interest rates that are currently choking investment in the economy as a whole. An underlying reeason for the success in these sectors is the desire for development of sustainable technologies and renewable energy.
Rejlers is a Swedish engineering company with operations in Sweden, Finland, Norway, and the United Arab Emirates. The company employs 1,100 people in Finland and 2,700 people worldwide.
Eurofound (2022), Rejlers Finland, Business expansion in Finland, factsheet number 107986, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/107986.
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