Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Jihovychod; Jihomoravsky;
Location of affected unit(s)
Brno
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Service Activities
Information Service Activities
63 - Information service activities

350 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
14 August 2014
Employment effect (start)
18 August 2014
Foreseen end date

Description

US-based software company Red Hat is to expand its Brno site and to create 350 new jobs. The new building was inaugurated on 13 August 2014.

The Czech site, the largest one around the world, has been operating since 2006 and employs 600 staff.

In 2012, the company announced plans to create 200 new jobs.


Sources

  • 14 August 2014: CzechInvest

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Red Hat, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 77413, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77413.