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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Leather And Related Products 15.20 - Manufacture of footwear
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 June 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The Dutch division of the US shoe manufacturer Crocs will develop a 35,000 square metres distribution centre on a logistics park in Dordrecht which will offer work to between 200 and 350 employees. The centre will be used as storage for the online store and to supply local stores and to process returns. It will be the third Dutch location of the company, adding to its European head offices based in Hoofddorp and a distribution centre in Rotterdam.
Eurofound (2020), Crocs, Business expansion in Netherlands, factsheet number 100925, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/100925.
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