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.
German car manufacturer Audi has announced plans to create 6,000 new jobs worldwide in 2015. It is foreseen that 4,000 of the new positions will be created in Germany, with the rest being located in other countries worldwide.
Audi, which belongs to the Volkswagen group, employs approximately 80,000 people worldwide. The company grew by 5,732 employees in 2014 alone. By 2019, the company plans to invest €24 billion in new technologies for production as well as in the construction of new production plants worldwide.
Eurofound (2015), Audi, Business expansion in World, factsheet number 79178, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/79178.