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 Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.1 - Warehousing and storage
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 May 2007
Employment effect (start)
7 May 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
Guisnel Logistic, a French family owned company specialised in storage and warehousing, announced on 7 May 2007 that it is planning to create 100 jobs between May and December 2007. The company currently employs 765 people at its site in Dol de Bretagne where it is investing 14 million Euros. The warehouse complex is set to open in summer 2007 and it will have 6,000 square meters of a new logistic platform, whose size will be doubled in 2008. According to the company CEO, Guisnel Group is planning to create new jobs in the coming years. The company owns 11 warehouses in France and its sales turnover reached 58 million Euros in 2006. 20% of Guisnel Group's total sales turnover comes from activities in the EU.
Sources
9 May 2007: Les Echos
3 May 2007: Ouest France
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Guisnel Logistic, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 65323, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65323.
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