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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
190 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 February 2019
Employment effect (start)
27 February 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
French multinational company Thales has announced plans to create 190 new positions for software engineers by the end of 2019. A spokesperson for the company stated that by the end of 2021 they plan to exceed 1,000 employees in Romania.
As of March 2019, Thales, which manufactures electrical systems and provides services for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security market, has 300 employees in Romania. The company established its first Software Research and Development Centre in Bucharest, in 2009. Globally, Thales Group, headquartered in Paris, employs about 64,000 people and operates in 56 countries. In 2018, the company created 5,000 positions worldwide.
Eurofound (2019), Thales, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 97211, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97211.
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