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.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, a company active in the production of tools, materials and software for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, will hire more than 200 employees over the next 12-24 months. These workers will join the current workforce of the Ferentino plant, which counts currently 900 employees.
The expansion is part of a global investment to develop sterile pharmaceuticals and commercial production of essential drugs, therapies and vaccines. The site will also house a new 2,600 square meters development building and will include a flexible, highly automated, line for small-scale commercial development and production projects that will be operational in 2022.
Satisfaction was expressed by the local trade unions.
Eurofound (2020), Thermo Fisher Scientific, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 102882, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/102882.
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