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Professional Services Scientific, Architectural And Engineering Technical Activities Architectural And Engineering Activities; Technical Testing And Analysis 71.12 - Engineering activities and related technical consultancy
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 October 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
ÅF, a Swedish technical consulting company, is planning to increase its workforce by 130 engineers in Gothenburg and Western Sweden during the autumn of 2016. ÅF will continue to expand its activities during 2017 and will in total increase its workforce with 500 employees, mainly engineers. The reason for the expansion is an increased demand within the infrastructure sector due to the construction of 'Västlänken' in Gothenburg, a railroad tunnel crossing the central parts of the city. Furthermore, the current growth of the automotive industry in Gothenburg and Western Sweden has implied an increase in the demand for technical consultancy activities. ÅF is especially interested in recruiting women in order to achieve a higher percentage of women within the company. The aim is that 30% of the employees will be women.
ÅF Group has a total of 8,500 employees. A business expansion by ÅF in Gothenburg and Western Sweden was previously reported in 2013.
Sources
11 October 2016: industrinyheter.se
Citation
Eurofound (2016), ÅF, Business expansion in Sweden, factsheet number 88873, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88873.
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