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Professional Services Professional Legal And Technical Acconuting Activities Legal And Accounting Activities 69.2 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 September 2006
Employment effect (start)
28 September 2006
Foreseen end date
31 July 2011
Description
KPIT-Infosystems Central Europe, the Polish unit of KPIT Cummins (India's IT company) announced that it started to operate in Wrocław, where an information and accounting services centre was opened. The Centre is going to provide services to KPIT Cummins's customers from all over the world. It has just started recruiting accountants. By March 2007 the company will have employed more than 100 people. By the end of July 2011 this number is to be increased to 500. The Wrocław-based services centre will specialise in business and IT outsourcing services for corporate customers. The estimated value of the investment is up to USD 20 million.
Sources
28 September 2006: Puls Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2006), KPIT Infosystems Central Europe, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 64180, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64180.
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