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Professional Services Scientific, Architectural And Engineering Technical Activities Architectural And Engineering Activities; Technical Testing And Analysis 71.1 - Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 July 2011
Employment effect (start)
4 July 2011
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
Following its expansion in France, the Swiss SGS group announced to recruit 600 employees in 2011. SGC group has 2,100 employees in France and over 64,000 worldwide. SGS is the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company and is active in various sectors including agricultural products, oil, minerals, industrial products, pharmaceuticals, and automative.
Sources
4 July 2011: Toutlemploi.fr
Citation
Eurofound (2011), SGS, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 72153, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72153.
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