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.
Online retailer Amazon has opened a new distribution centre in Dublin that has resulted in 500 new jobs. The company's 58,529 square meter "fulfilment centre" will serve customers across Europe, housing thousands of products. The new centre will allow the company to bypass the UK and avoid any delays or extra charges due to Brexit rules. Recruitment is underway and will focus on engineers, HR and IT as well as employees who perform the roles of picking, packing and shipping customer orders. Amazon currently employs 5,000 people in Ireland.
Previous business expansion resutructuring events have been recorded for Amazon in 2022, including in Czechia (2022a-CZ and 2022b-CZ), Spain, Germany (2022-DE, 2022a-DE, 2022b-DE), France, Poland and Austria.
Eurofound (2022), Amazon, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 107714, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/107714.