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.
Utilities Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply 35 - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
Areva NP, the French provider of technological solutions for nuclear power generation, has announced the creation of 800 new jobs in 2009 and the expansion of its operations at its site in Erlangen. Siemens just recently sold 34% of the Areva NP shares to the French mother-company Areva. Areva NP announced to stick to its German operations. The company runs 30 sites and employs a total of 8,000 workers in Germany.
Sources
2 February 2009: Financial Times Deutschland
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Areva, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 68059, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68059.
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