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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 January 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Alstom SA, a France-based company that specializes in the manufacture and supply of transport and energy infrastructure, has announced that Alstom Transport is to create more than 300 new jobs at its Belfort site in France between February and December 2008. . The new jobs, which are to meet the needs of international energy and transport contracts, will be for engineers, technicians and operators. The facility has 2,800 employees after adding 500 new jobs between 2006 and 2007. The Company designs, supplies and maintains a range of high technology products used for power generation, including turbines, alternators and boilers. It also produces hydroelectric equipment, combined-cycle power plants and environmental control systems. In addition, Alstom SA supplies equipment and infrastructure for the rail and maritime transport sectors, notably ships, rolling stock, signaling and maintenance systems, and high-speed tilting trains. The Company has production facilities in over 70 countries across the Americas, Europe (and EU), the Middle East, Asia and Australia.
Sources
30 January 2008: La Tribune
30 January 2008: Les Echos
29 January 2008: AFP
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Alstom T&D, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 66238, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66238.
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