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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.12 - Manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 September 2022
Employment effect (start)
23 September 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
The German group Hager, which is specialised in the manufacture of equipment for electrical installations, has announced the recruitment of 150 employees for its factory in Obernai (Bas-Rhin). Hager has invested more than €54 million in this factory in recent years. To recruit, it organised a job dating event on 23 and 24 September. The long-term objective is to increase production capacity of the site by 50%.
The company will provide training to the new employees. It also stresses the difficulty of recruiting in an area with a low unemployment rate (3.5%).
Hager currently employs 2,100 people at Obernai. Early this year Hager announced to recruit 50 people in Bischwiller (Hager-2022-FR).
Eurofound (2022), Hager, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 107429, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107429.
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