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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32 - Other manufacturing
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 January 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
IBA, a Belgian company that delivers solutions in the fields of cancer diagnosis and therapy, is planning to hire around 250 people worldwide in 2007. More than 50% of this job creation will take place in Belgium. The company announced on 18 January 2007 that it is launching an ambitious expansion programme to meet the ever-increasing demand for Proton Therapy systems. The investment, in excess of 3 million euro, will entail an expanded production surface and the addition of new testing vaults at IBA's facility in Louvain-la-Neuve, near Brussels. With over 60% market share, IBA is the world's undisputed market leader in Particle Therapy.
Sources
19 January 2007: Le Soir
Citation
Eurofound (2007), IBA, Business expansion in World, factsheet number 64805, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64805.
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