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Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 26.1 - Manufacture of electronic components and boards 26.11 - Manufacture of electronic components
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 April 2018
Employment effect (start)
4 April 2018
Foreseen end date
24 December 2018
Description
After recruiting 150 people in 2017, including 120 in France, Soitec, leader in the design and production of innovative semiconductor materials for the electronics industry, has announced the recruitment of 200 employees in 2018 on its French site at Bernin, near Grenoble. At the same time, around 100 hirings are planned in Singapore and its other subsidiaries abroad. The main profiles mainly concern production (engineers as well as technicians and operators). Soitec employs 1,050 people worldwide and will increase its workforce of about 28% in 2018 trhough this recruitment campaing (+22 % in France).
Sources
4 April 2018: L'usine Nouvelle
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Soitec, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 93740, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/93740.