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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Postal And Courier Activities 53.2 - Other postal and courier activities
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 October 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
DPD Polska, the courier services company, is planning to open a new branch in Warsaw by the end of 2009, hiring 140 office staff, warehouse workers, and couriers. DPD’s international parent maintains (in addition to 50 branches around Poland) over 500 units in 39 countries, employing 22,000 persons and operating 15,000 vehicles.
Sources
30 October 2008: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside (www.wnp.pl)
Citation
Eurofound (2008), DPD Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 67454, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67454.
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