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Manufacturing Repair And Installation Of Machinery And Equipment Repair And Installation Of Machinery And Equipment 33.2 - Installation of industrial machinery and equipment
80 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 August 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2012
Foreseen end date
1 September 2015
Description
Bitzer, German manufacturer of refrigerant compressors, has announced to create 80 new jobs at its site in Ergenzingen over the next three years. The planned job creation is part of the company's spatial expansion of production and warehouse space.
Bitzer employs 3,000 people worldwide of which 500 are employed at the site in Ergenzingen. Employment figures in Ergenzingen have almost doubled between 2003 and 2012.
Sources
24 August 2012: Schwäbisches Tagblatt
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Bitzer, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 74075, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74075.
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