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
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 July 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2008
Foreseen end date
Description
On 3 July 2007 SolarWorld AG announced its plans to create 1,000 new jobs at its plant in Freiberg (Saxony). The company is a specialist in the manufacturing of solar power technology and components. The firm stated that it is aiming to double its production of silicon wafers to satisfy the increasing foreign demand. At the moment the Freiberg plant employs 600 employees. The new jobs shall be created from 2008 onwards.
Sources
3 July 2007: Financial Times Deutschland
Citation
Eurofound (2007), SolarWorld AG, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 65575, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65575.
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