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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.82 - Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
31 October 2020
Employment effect (start)
31 October 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
Switzerland-based chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut announced that it will create at least 100 new jobs at its shared services centre in Łódź. The company will be recruiting staff for financial, IT, logistics, transport and quality management departments. The company has just leased an additional office space, expanding its office to over 6,000 square meters.
Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Barry Callebaut is the world’s leading manufacturer of chocolate and cocoa products. It was created in 1996 through the merging of the Belgian chocolate producer Callebaut and the French company Cacao Barry. Currently, the company has 61 production facilities located in more than 40 countries and employs more than 12,000 people worldwide. The centre in Łódź has been operating for 5 years.
Eurofound (2020), Barry Callebaut, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 102543, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/102543.
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