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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.1 - Warehousing And Storage
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 September 2024
Employment effect (start)
23 September 2024
Foreseen end date
31 December 2024
Description
As announced on 23 September 2024, multinational technology company Amazon has opened a new large logistics centre in Dummersdorf near Rostock. Up to 500 new jobs are expected to be created there by the end of 2024.
In the medium term, around 1,000 people are expected to work there, which would make the logistics centre one of the largest employers in the region. This is already Amazon's third location in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
In Germany, Amazon has 36,000 permanent employees across more than 100 locations. This is the fourth expansion of Amazon in Germany in a year. Two other new logistics centres were opened in Germany in August 2023 Amazon-2023-DE, July 2024 Amazon-2024-DEa, and lastly, August 2024 Amazon-2024-DEb.
Eurofound (2024), Amazon, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 201670, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201670.
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