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 Spanish water delivery company Aquaservice has announced plans to expand its workforce by 20% in 2024. The company plans to recruit 500 people and expand its team to more than 3,500 people. These vacancies will be aimed at strengthening the areas of production, customer service, commercial, and delivery.
Over the past seven years, the company has created over 2,100 new jobs across Spain, where in the last three years, the company has hired over 1,100 new professionals. Aquaservice already has five production centres in the natural mineral water springs of Ingenio (Gran Canaria), Virgen del Camino (Leon), Camporrobles (Valencia), Ribagorza (Huesca), and Cogollos de Guadix (Granada), as well as 60 own branches located all over Spain.
It is expected that the new hirings will take place primarily in the regions of Catalonia, Valencia, Andalousia and Madrid.
Aquaservice already announced an employment expansion of 300 jobs in 2023 Aquaservice-2023-ES
Eurofound (2024), Aquaservice, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 201145, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/201145.
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