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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.60 - Manufacture of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 February 2015
Employment effect (start)
26 February 2015
Foreseen end date
1 March 2016
Description
Widex Estonia, located in Tallinn, division of Dannish hearing aid production company, has announced the expansion plan which will involve the recruitment of 150 new production workers by the end of 2015. During 2014 the production at this unit has already increased ten times and the number of workers has quadrupled. The company is looking for engineers, managers, production workers who have experience in electronics industry. Before starting to work for Widex all recruited workers are receiving three-level training. According to the director of the company, Estonia has a good climate for production companies as workers' command of English is considered as good. The company could advantage also from having good flight connections with Denmark.
Sources
26 February 2015: Postimees
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Widex Estonia OÜ, Business expansion in Estonia, factsheet number 78663, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78663.
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