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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.3 - Manufacture of communication equipment
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 July 2012
Employment effect (start)
12 July 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
On 12 July 2012, manufacturer of communication equipment, Nokia Siemens Network (NSN) announced plans to expand its Development Centre in Wrocław, Poland, and hire 200 new employees, mainly IT specialists.
This business expansion in Poland comes in a time when Nokia Siemens Networks has announced large scale cuts of a global scale affecting 17,000 jobs (see here).
The development centre in Wrocław was founded in 2000 and today employs 1650 people.
Sources
12 July 2012: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł ()
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Nokia Siemens Networks, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 73883, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73883.
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