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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 January 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
The heavy truck manufacturer, Volvo Europa Truck, is planning to create around 400 new jobs in its plant in Oostakker (Gent). This decision responds to the increased demand and will done by introducing a night shift from April 2007. Volvo Europa Truck is the largest assembly plant of the Volvo Group and produced more than 31,000 heavy goods vehicles in 2006.
The company currently employs 2,000 people in Gent working in two shifts for five days. Most of the new jobs will be in manufacturing but Volvo is also seeking for engineers, foremen and maintenance staff.
Sources
26 January 2007: La Libre Belgique
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Volvo Europa Truck, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 64839, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64839.
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