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 French subsidiary of the Italian group Dedalus, has announced the recruitment of 150 employees in 2023. The company is specialised in the publishing and integration of digital solutions for the health sector.
Dedalus has moved from its headquarters in the Paris region to a renovated 3,000 m² building in Artigues-près-Bordeaux (Gironde). The company is bringing together its Gironde-based teams, assembled from the acquisition of Agfa HealthCare IT in 2020 in Artigues, and the purchase of WEB100T in Mérignac (Gironde) in 2019. In addition to the current staff of about 100 employees at the Les Artigues-de-Lussac site, Dedalus plans to add 150 positions in 2023, particularly focusing on research and development.
Eurofound (2023), Dedalus Healthcare France, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 108617, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/108617.
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