Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
Polish IT company SMT Software is to create 100 new jobs at its unit in Kraków. The company is looking for IT specialists (graduates as well as experienced specialists).
It is also reported that in January 2014 the company signed a new contract with the city of Kraków.
SMT Software was founded in Poland in 2004. The company operates in the Netherlands, France, UK and Poland (7 locations) and employs over 570 people.
The ERM reported other instances of restructuring announced by the company in 2013 and 2012.
Eurofound (2014), SMT Software, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 76637, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76637.
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