Type
Business expansion
Country
Germany
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles

1,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
9 May 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

On 9 May 2011, German automobile manufacturer BMW announced to provide 2,000 new jobs in 2011, of which 1,000 jobs will be in Germany. The company also stated that it will continue using temporary workers in order to react flexibly to market fluctuation. Last week BMW had announced their record result for the first quarter of the business year, expecting to hit an all time high in sales in 2011. There is no information about the number of actual employees in the German filiales of the company.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2011), BMW, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 71945, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71945.