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Construction Construction Of Buildings And Infrastructure Engineering Civil Engineering 42 - Civil engineering
350 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 January 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Dynamate, a geographically scattered Swedish company selling technical services related to ventilation, sanitation, estate management and electrical wiring planning to expand further in 2008 by hiring 350 new employees. The demand for competent labour in the production is high while supply remains low. The three main reasons given for the expansion in labour force are: high employee turnover (100 employees/year), expansion in tasks taken on by the company and company expansion through new acquisitions.
Sources
26 January 2008: DI
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Dynamate, Business expansion in Sweden, factsheet number 66320, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66320.
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