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 train manufacturer Alstom has announced company’s plans to hire 150 people until March 2024 to respond to the expected increase in productive needs at the plant of Santa Perpetua de Mogoda in Barcelona (Spain).
It is expected that this factory will exceed 1,150 employees by the end of this period. Currently, the manufacturing plant is fully engaged in the production of 201 trains of great capacity for Renfe, in addition to 250 train carriages for the Barcelona metro and 80 trams for Casablanca (Morocco).
The company already announced job increases in 2020 (ALSTOM-2020-ES) and 2021 (ALSTOM-2021-ES).
Eurofound (2023), ALSTOM, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 109086, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/109086.
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