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 Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 May 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2005
Foreseen end date
31 December 2005
Description
American computer giant Dell will establish a distribution hub in Halle, Saxony Anhalt. 300 people will be hired. A spokesman for Dell said that the city of Halle and the state of Saxony Anhalt are very supportive and that the decision is at least partly due to that support. So far 6,500 people have applied for the 300 vacancies.
Sources
15 August 2005: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
3 May 2005: Dell Press Release
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Dell, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 62099, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62099.
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