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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Cultural And Recreation Goods In Specialised Stores 47.64 - Retail sale of sporting equipment in specialised stores
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 October 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
Amplifon, the worldwide leader in the design, application and marketing of hearing systems, with headquarters in Milan , Italy, announced to hire 1,000 workers by the end of 2020.
Audiologists, engineers, computer scientists, and Big Data experts will support the technological and digital breakthrough of the hearing solutions group which is investing €65 billion in technological innovations.
After several acquisitions worldwide, the group now relies on a network of 11,000 salespoints in 28 countries, of which 5,300 directly run by the company's 16,000 employees.
Eurofound (2020), Amplifon, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 102184, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/102184.
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