Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
The HR manager of the engineering and consultant company Akka Technologies (12,200 employees world wide) announced that it will be recruiting an additional 1,800 employees in 2017 in France, after it has recruited 1,600 employees in 2016. About 200 positions are related to the concept-car Link&Go building in Marignane (Bouches-du-Rhône) near Marseilles. In a previous ERM Factsheet of 2011, the group announced the hiring of slightly over 5,000 new employees world wide. Akka recruits mainly young graduate and engineers with 2 to 5 years of experience.
Eurofound (2016), Akka technologies, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 89194, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/89194.