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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 November 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2008
Foreseen end date
Description
The windmill factory Vestas are building a new plant in Hammel, Jutland - a so-called competence centre under Vestas Control Systems, where new control systems will be tested before they go to production in Lem (Jutland) or in Spain. 300 new employees will be hired and the factory will reach a total workforce size of 500. Some will come from other Vestas plants, but a minimum of 130 jobs will be new.
Sources
28 November 2006: Århus Stiftstidende
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Vestas Control Systems, Business expansion in Denmark, factsheet number 64558, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64558.
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