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 Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Via Stalls And Markets Or Other 47.91 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 November 2020
Employment effect (start)
5 November 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
As announced on 5 November 2020, the US retail giant Amazon has created 200 jobs with the opening of its regional air freight centre at Leipzig-Halle airport. At this new centre, parcels will be sorted, and airplanes and trucks will be loaded and unloaded. Amazon intends to prepare two airplanes for departure daily at Leipzig-Halle, adding to its 70 other worldwide operating airplanes. Saxony's prime minister and the director of the airport welcomed the step.
Eurofound (2020), Amazon, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 102551, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/102551.
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