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 For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
330 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 November 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Shorts Bombardier, a Canadian owned multi-national group that manufactures aeroplanes, has announced that it is to create 330 new jobs at its Belfast plant. A spokesman for the firm stated that production was to increase on the parts manufactured for the CRJ 700 and 900 jets after a recent increase in demand for the models. The new jobs will be a mixture of temporary and permanent posts. Shorts Bombardier employs approximately 4,700 at its Belfast plant. As of November 2007, there is no information on when the new jobs are to be created. Shorts Bombardier cut 645 jobs at its Belfast plant in 2006.
Sources
28 November 2007: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Shorts Bombardier, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 66080, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66080.
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