GE Energy Products France

Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
Ile-de-France; Ile-de-France; Paris
Location of affected unit(s)
Paris
Sector
Manufacturing
(28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment
28.1 - Manufacture of general-purpose machinery
28.11 - Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
250 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
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://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/86024.