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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 September 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
Czech sporting goods retailer Sportisimo is completing the construction of a logistics center in the Contera Park Ostrava D1, where up to 700 people will be employed in the near future.
The main part for manual operation is to start operating in January 2022 and will employ 80 workers in the field of warehousing, logistics dispatching or maintenance. During 2022, the number of employees will reach 400. The company also stated that workers will be guaranteed above-standard working conditions.
The company’s new logistics headquarters will have a height of up to 23 meters, automated systems and cooling, and will be one of the largest in the country.
Eurofound (2021), Sportisimo, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 105304, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105304.
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