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.
Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.11 - Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 December 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
In the framework of the take over of Alstoms' power and energy activities, the US group General Electric has announced its plan to increase its workforce in France by about 1,000 positions. The group has announced it will recruit about 250 engineers in the beginning of 2016 for the new software centre in Paris. The software centre has the capacity to recruit many more employees in the future, according to Mark Hutchinson, GE Europe's CEO. The group has also announced other job creations but didn't give details on the timeline.
Sources
7 December 2015: L'Expansion-L'Express
Citation
Eurofound (2015), GE Energy Products France, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 86024, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86024.
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