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.
French aerospace and helicopter servicing company Airbus Helicopters has opened a Test Centre in Stryków, creating 150 new jobs. The company had been working on the development of a research centre in Stryków (Test Centre) for two years, as it has had a design office in Łódź since 2015; the Test Centre was opened on 27 April and will employ aviation specialists (the company has so far worked closely with the Technical University of Łódź). The company plans to be recruiting until the end of 2025.
Airbus Helicopters ( Eurocopter until 2013), is a multinational company based in Marignane, France, which manufactures and services helicopters. It was formed in 1992 by the fusion of the helicopter divisions of the French company Aérospatiale and the German company DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA).
Eurofound (2023), Airbus Helicopters, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 108844, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/108844.
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