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 Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
950 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 September 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
1 January 2007
Description
Arms manufacturer BAE Systems has said around 950 new staff could be recruited to help deal with its rising workload. The group has had to take on an extra 300 staff after landing a £6bn deal to supply 72 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia. Before winning the contract, BAE had expected to take on 650 specialist staff to deal with its current work. BAE plans to employ the new staff at its Lancashire plants in Warton and Samlesbury by 2007. The new posts will be specialist ones covering areas including avionics, structural engineers, software engineers and overall business management. Some of the recruits are expected to come through the company's graduate training schemes but most will be skilled and experienced aerospace engineers. The contract for the planes, brokered between the Saudi government and the Ministry of Defence, was agreed last month.
Sources
19 September 2006: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2006), BAE Systems, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 64128, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64128.
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