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Professional Services Professional Legal And Technical Acconuting Activities Legal And Accounting Activities 69.20 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
275 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 June 2016
Employment effect (start)
3 June 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
At the beginning of June 2016, 3M, the American manufacturer of office and packaging stationery and related products, has announced the creation of 275 new jobs at its Business Share Service Centre in Wrocław. In total, the company has 400 positions in the unit (125 jobs were reported in 2015). The unit supports business processes (including accounting, IT, managerial and administrative services) within the company’s units in 52 countries in Europe, the Near East and Africa. The project was supported by Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency.
3M has been operating in Poland since 1991. Currently, the company has seven facilities (including R&D centre and centre of innovation located in Wrocław) in Poland and employs over 2,000 people.
Sources
3 June 2016: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2016), 3M, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 87978, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87978.
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