The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale Of Other Machinery, Equipment And Supplies 46.66 - Wholesale of other office machinery and equipment
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 December 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2020
Foreseen end date
31 March 2020
Description
Multinational company Ingram Micro, multinational distributor of computer and technology products, announced the opening of a new centre in Barcelona in the first semester of 2020. The Barcelona centre will work on the company's cloud infrastructure and services division, as well as its independent software division in partnership with Microsoft. The centre will be located in a plant of the Diagonal Tower 00, located in the 22@ technological district.
Ingram Micro arrived in Spain in 2015 and currently has 200 workers distributed between its headquarters in Santander and another centre in Seville.
Eurofound (2019), Ingram Micro, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 99632, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99632.
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