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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.02 - Computer consultancy activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 February 2018
Employment effect (start)
9 February 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
The Japanese company Hitachi Consulting will open a centre of video intelligence in Lisbon, Portugal. The investment will lead to the recruitment of 100 specialised workers in the area of information systems (for consulting and management functions, with different levels of experience), being responsible for the development of software and specialised algorithms. The profiles sought are engineers, mathematicians and physicists. The centre will analyse images collected by different devices, also giving support to the regions of Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Hitachi Consulting is in Portugal since 2006.
Sources
9 February 2018: Manda-te
5 February 2018: Dinheiro Vivo
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Hitachi Consulting, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 93267, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93267.
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