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.
Public Administration And Defence Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security Provision Of Services To The Community As A Whole 84.22 - Defence activities
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 August 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2010
Foreseen end date
Description
The Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA), the government agency in France responsible for developing and evaluating weapons systems, is to invest 30 million euros towards expanding its site in Bruz, creating 250 additional jobs by 2012. Four additional buildings will be constructed, including a laboratory for R&D. By 2012, the site of Bruz host all activities for the Ballistic Research Laboratory and aerodynamic (LRBA - Laboratoire de recherches balistiques et aérodynamiques ) of Vernon (450 employees), in Normandy, which would close in two years.
Eurofound (2010), DGA Direction Générale de l'Armement, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 70895, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70895.
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