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.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Postal And Courier Activities 53.2 - Other postal and courier activities
317 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 March 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
DPD Masterlink, the courier services company, will open a new branch in Gdańsk in April 2007. This new unit is expected to employ 317 people. At the moment, DPD Masterlink has 564 regular employees in Poland as well as some 3,000 cooperating persons. By the end of 2007, the number of salaried positions will grow to 881 and the total headcount, including outside collaborators, to approximately 5,000.
Eurofound (2007), DPD Masterlink, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 65122, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65122.
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