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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
7,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 March 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
1 December 2004
Description
PSA Peugeot Citroën will recruit 7,000 employees during 2004. In 2003 the group hired 4,400 people. These recruitment initiatives will compensate the pre-retirement schemes begun in 1999, and prepare the company to reach its sales objective of 4 million cars per year in 2006. In the UK, the group has recently cut 600 jobs in Ryton.
Sources
30 March 2004: Le Monde
Citation
Eurofound (2004), PSA Peugeot Citroën, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 59046, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/59046.