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 management of the French subsidiary of the Danish pharmaceutical group Novo Nordisk, has announced to create about 250 position in the next four years on its site of Chartres (Eure-et-Loire) to sustain its growth. The Danish company employs currently 1,100 employees in Chartres. Over the past 15 years, it has invested €300 million on the site and hired 400 employees between 2012 and 2015. Novo distributes 13% of its production on the French market and in 2017 plans to launch a new molecule against diabetes as well as a new generation of injectable pens to support its market growth.
Eurofound (2016), Novo Nordisk Production, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 89673, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/89673.
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