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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 December 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
German group Liebherr, specialist in manufacturing material for mining and civil engineering announced on 8 December 2006 that Liebherr France will create 150 jobs between January and December 2007 in its factory of Colmar (Haut Rhin). The factory Liebherr France, which currently employs 1,450 people, manufactures shovels for the mining industry. The world demand for equipment for the extraction of raw materials is growing strongly. The CEO of the company announced that the factory of Colmar had been selected because of the qualification of its employees.
Sources
11 December 2006: Ouest France
9 December 2006: Aujourd'hui en France
9 December 2006: Le Figaro
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Liebherr, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 64577, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64577.
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