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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.22 - Manufacture of plastic packing goods
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
Sartorius, a leading international pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment supplier, has announced an investment plan of EUR 23 million in R&D in its plant of Aubagne. This plan will lead to recruit 200 employees by 2018 to reach 900 employees at the end of 2018. The investment plan is financially supported by the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (EUR 5 millions) and the metropole of Aix-Marseille Provence (EUR 2 million). The site reached a turnover of EUR 140 million in 2016. It produces mainly single-use bio process bags for the preparation, storage and transport of biopharmaceutical solutions, intermediates and final bulk products. Sartorius has 6,900 employees worldwide.
Sources
5 April 2017: La Provence
29 March 2017: Sartorius France (Press release)
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Sartorius Stedim, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 90667, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90667.
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