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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
31 August 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
Manitou, a firm that produces fork-lift trucks, is to create 130 new jobs in Ancenis. Manitou currently employs 650 at the Ancenis site, and the new jobs will be created between October and December 2007. The decision to recruit the new workers follows strong recent financial results for Manitou, including the announcement that the firm's sales turnover had increased by 14%.
Sources
1 September 2007: Ouest France
31 August 2007: Investir
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Manitou, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 65766, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65766.
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