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 Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
3,700 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 February 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
German Q-Cells, a leading European specialist in the development, production and sale of high-performance solar cells made of mono- and multicrystalline silicon, announced its plans to increase its workforce at its Thalheim location from current 1,300 employees to up to 5,000 by the end of the year 2010. These new jobs will include manufacturing jobs.
The company expects to create another 3,000 to 5,000 jobs in research and development in the years after.
Sources
6 February 2007: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Q-Cells, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 64917, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64917.
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