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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.24 - Cargo Handling
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 January 2024
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2024
Foreseen end date
30 June 2025
Description
The Inter IKEA Group, which connects IKEA franchisees with products development and suppliers, has decided to invest in Greece and the investment is expected to create 100 permanent jobs. In collaboration with the FOURLIS Group, INTER IKEA will establish a global product distribution center covering 50,000 square meters in Aspropyrgos, Attica. This center will be supplied through the port of Piraeus and will serve the East Mediterranean markets. Initially, it will cover the needs of IKEA stores in Greece, Bulgaria, Jordan, Israel, and Cyprus and later on to other regions, such as Egypt.
The new jobs will include between other highly specialized positions in data processing, data analysis, logistics, and artificial intelligence. Construction of the distribution center is set to begin in 2024, and the center is expected to be operational from mid-2025.
Eurofound (2024), Inter IKEA, Business expansion in Greece, factsheet number 200748, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200748.
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