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Transportation / Storage Land, Water And Air Transportation Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 November 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
German logistics company Fiege has announced that it will create over 300 jobs at its new logistics centre in Zielona Góra. The facility, which is expected to be operational in January 2018, will carry out reverse operations for brands using e-commerce platforms. It will be located in the Lubuski Industrial and Technology Park, Poland. The investment aims to improve financial and organisational effectiveness of logistics services in e-commerce. Fiege was founded in 1873. Nowadays, Fiege operates in 15 countries and employs approximately 12,000 people worldwide.
Sources
20 November 2017: Portal Spożywczy
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Fiege, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 92523, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92523.
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