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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 October 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Bombardier, an engineering firm that operates in the aerospace sector, has announced that it is to create 200 jobs at its site in Belfast which currently employs 5,000 workers. The company stated that the jobs will be related to their new programme making aircraft wings. As of 26 October 2008, it is not known when these jobs will start, although the company has already started to advertise them.
Sources
24 October 2008: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Bombardier, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67276, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67276.