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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 April 2008
Employment effect (start)
17 April 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Karl Strobel, spokesperson of the Bosch Group in Austria, announced on 17 April that the subsidiary Bosch Österreich was planning to recruit 200 highly skilled workers during the course of 2008. Last year the Bosch Österreich Group increased its total turnover by 5 percentage points to € 1.08 billion and at present it employs about 2,465 workers. In recent years the group has expanded most of its business segments in Austria, in particular the automotive-related industries, the drive & control branch (especially the industrial hydraulic systems industry), as well as the medical technology segment.
Sources
17 April 2008: Der Standard
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Bosch Österreich, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 66570, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66570.
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