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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
700 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 March 2015
Employment effect (start)
10 March 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
UNIT4, a leading provider of people-centred enterprise software for services organizations, headquartered in the Netherlands, will create 700 jobs at its newly established R&D center in Wroclaw (Poland). The company is looking for IT specialists (programmers, testers, analysts) as well as customer service specialists. The company has received PLN 4.1 mn (EUR 0.96 mn USD 1.02 mn) of financial support from the state.
UNIT4 was founded in 1980. Currently, the company operates in 26 countries and employs over 4,100 people in the world. In Poland company has been operating since 1987. UNIT4 Poland has been developing and providing innovative IT solutions for the major sectors of the economy:  finance, banking and insurance, trade and services, production, IT infrastructure, public administration as well as medium-sized and large companies.
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Sources
10 March 2015: Tu Wrocław
12 March 2015: Strefa Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2015), UNIT4, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 78790, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78790.
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