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Transportation / Storage 52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation 52.1 - Warehousing and storage 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 September 2018
Employment effect (start)
18 September 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
American online retailer Amazon opened a new sorting center in Brandizzo (in Turin metropolitan area), which started operations on 18 September. At full capacity, the new sorting centre will employ 150 employees. The new job openings are for open-ended contract positions for warehouse workers and drivers.
This new sorting centre is part of a larger investment in Italy, which entails the creation of other four Amazon sites in northen and central Italy, in Rieti, Torrazza Piemonte (Turin), Casirate (Bergamo) and Buccinasco (Milan).
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Amazon, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 95482, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/95482.