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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.30 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 May 2018
Employment effect (start)
20 May 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
The international defence and aerospace company Airbus Defence & Space has announced it will be creating 250 to 300 new jobs at its production site in Manching in 2018. The final installation of the Eurofighter combat aircraft takes place on site in Manchin, which is the biggest plant in Airbus’ armaments sector with 5,000 employees. Since 2016, Airbus has created between 250 and 300 new jobs in Manching and the company is hopeful that this trend will continue as new orders of about 300 Eurofighters are expected.
Sources
20 May 2018: Die Welt (online)
20 May 2018: wallstreet-online.de
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Airbus Defence & Space, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 94174, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94174.
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