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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.50 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
350 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 October 2021
Employment effect (start)
12 October 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
The US-based medical device producer Zimmer Biomet has announced that it plans to create 120 new jobs at its unit in Warsaw. The company has just launched a shared services centre (Global Business Services Centre) in the city, and the first stage of the business expansion, Zimmer Biomet is to hire specialists in finance, logistics, HR, administration, marketing and law. At a later stage, job creation is expected to reach a target of 350 new employees.
Zimmer Biomet was founded in 1927 to produce aluminium splints. Currently, the company operates in more than 25 countries and sells its products in more than 100 countries worldwide. The company designs, manufactures and sell solutions that support orthopaedic surgeons.
Eurofound (2021), Zimmer Biomet, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105413, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105413.
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