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.
Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.11 - Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 December 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
Enercon, the German wind turbine manufacturer, will open a new branch in Boavista, a city of Porto and recruit 130 skilled workers from different areas: finance, wind engineering, research and development, global purchasing, IT, logistics, project management, sales and after-sales. The branch is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2022. Enercon has been in Portugal for 10 years and is considered a market leader company, with 52% of wind energy installed in Portugal.
Eurofound (2021), Enercon, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 106087, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106087.
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