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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 April 2022
Employment effect (start)
27 April 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
KEBA, an automation specialist, has announced the creation of 130 new jobs at the company's headquarters in Linz. The company has hired around 200 new employees in 2021 already, resulting in a total number of over 2,000 employees. The new jobs require skilled workers for various disciplines and business areas, a company spokesman has stated. In order to support recruiting, the company plans to launch a new information campaign to praise the company's appreciative culture of communication, flat hierarchy and career opportunities.
In 2019, the company had a total turnover of € 415.4 million.
Eurofound (2022), KEBA, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 106740, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106740.
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