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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Postal And Courier Activities 53.2 - Other postal and courier activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 September 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Parcel delivery company DPD opens a new 11,000 square meters sorting centre in Vijfhuizen, creating 100 new jobs. The new sorting centre is necessary to meet increasing demand in the greater Amsterdam area. The expansion in the Amsterdam region is a next step to strenghten the company's position on the international parcel delivery market, after the opening of a sorting centre in Eindhoven in 2019.
DPD is an international parcel delivery company and is a subsidiary of French postal service La Poste.
Sources
24 September 2020: Het Financieele Dagblad (fd.nl)
Citation
Eurofound (2020), DPD, Business expansion in Netherlands, factsheet number 101946, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101946.
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