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.
Belgian producer of welded structures Teleyard announced plans to create 100 jobs at its new unit in Szczecin (the Kostrzyn-Słubice Special Economic Zone) by the end of 2014. The factory is expected to be operational at the beginning of 2015. The company has started recruiting; the company is looking for fitters, welders and welding inspectors. The company declared that it plans to create in total 500 jobs at the unit.
Teleyard was established by Teleskop which has been operating in the Kostrzyn-Słubice Special Economic Zone since 2000. Both companies are a part of Telemond holding.
Eurofound (2014), Teleyard, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 77453, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77453.
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