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Professional Services Scientific, Architectural And Engineering Technical Activities Scientific Research And Development 72 - Scientific research and development
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 June 2017
Employment effect (start)
20 June 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Finnish communications service provider Nokia plans to expand its operations in Romania by recruiting 300 new employees at its R&D center in Timisoara by the end of 2017. Of the 300 new jobs, 200 will be in the R&D team and another 100 in the service team.
The job creation is the result of 73 million euro investment in the Timisoara center, which is to become the largest R&D center in telecommunications in Romania. There are currently 1,300 employees working in the campus.
The Timisoara R&D center has been operating since 2015.
Sources
20 June 2017: outsourcing-today.ro
20 June 2017: angajatorulmeu.ro
20 June 2017: capital.ro
20 June 2017: Wall-Street.ro
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Nokia, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 91377, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91377.
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