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.
Manufacturing (20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
170 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 October 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer announced its intention to invest €61 million in its sites in Puurs and Zaventem (Flanders). This investment will result in the creation of 170 new jobs. Some 100 jobs will be created in the Puurs branch with a view to launching a production line focusing on making new complex types of syringes. Another 70 jobs for senior researchers will be created at the site in Zavantem which will host the veterinary medicine activities being moved there from Sandwich (UK).
Sources
14 October 2010: Le Soir
13 October 2010: Trends/tendance
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Pfizer, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 71064, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71064.