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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.11 - Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 June 2020
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2020
Foreseen end date
31 March 2021
Description
The wind turbine blade manufacturer LM Wind Power, a subsidiary of the General Electric Renewable Energy GE group, announced the recruitment of 250 employees for its wind turbine blade factory in Cherbourg (Manche) by the end of the first quarter of 2021. The plant is primarily seeking to increase its production staff, but also production supervisors, quality controllers, logistics operators and maintenance technicians. All of them will be trained for 12 months, and will obtain the bipartite certificate of Qualification (CQP) in metallurgy as autonomous industrial production team members.
The plant, which opened in April 2018, currently has around 300 employees.
Eurofound (2020), LM Wind Power Blades, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 100954, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/100954.
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