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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 April 2015
Employment effect (start)
10 April 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
Japanese IT specialist Fujitsu will create 300 new jobs in Portugal by the end of 2015. According to management, the multinational want in particular to recruit Portuguese persons currently not living in Portugal and cite strong language competences as one of the reasons for expanding their Portuguese operations.
The company opened its first office in Portugal in 2004, initially with a headcount of 12 people. That number rose to 200 after four years. Today it has about 800 workers, 60% of which are Portuguese.
Sources
10 April 2015: Manda-te
9 April 2015: Jornal de negocios
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Fujitsu, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 79233, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79233.
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