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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.90 - Manufacture of other electrical equipment
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 May 2023
Employment effect (start)
23 May 2023
Foreseen end date
Description
Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt has completed the construction of a factory in Gdansk, with plans to employ 500 people (200 more than at present).
The 200 positions are currently being recruited for, including: engineers, accountants, automation technicians, quality inspectors, production operators and warehousemen.
The factory was built in the Stogi district of Gdansk, near the Port of Gdansk and the Baltic Hub deep-water terminal, and its establishment is linked to the manufacturer's plans to recycle batteries and use 50% recycled raw materials in 2030.
Northvolt AB is a Swedish design and manufacturing company specialising in lithium-ion battery technology for electric vehicles; the company was founded as SGF Energy in 2015.
Eurofound (2023), Northvolt, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 109119, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/109119.
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The retail banking sector is fertile ground for studying the impacts of digitalisation on work and employment. Financial services are increasingly provided online, without the intermediary of customer-facing institutions.
European labour markets have recovered strongly from COVID-19. By the end of 2021, little more than 18 months after the start of the pandemic, employment rates in the EU were almost at pre-crisis levels.
