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 logistics service provider H.Essers announced the creation of up to 285 new jobs at the warehouse near Bucharest. The Bucharest warehouse will be expanded by 10,000 square metres after the company invested € 7 million into the construction of the new space, which will become available at the end of October 2017.
Currently, the company has 850 employees working in the logistics centres in Bucharest, Oradea (Bihor County), Sibiu (Sibiu County), Roman (Neamt County), Timisoara (Timis County) and an operational hub in Curtici (Arad County).
The Bucharest warehouse counts 180 members of staff.
H.Essers has centres in 15 countries across the world with a total employee base of 4,500.
Eurofound (2017), H.Essers, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 91687, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/91687.
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