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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 July 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
Alcatel Lucent, a provider of mobile phone technologies, has announced that it will hire 200 engineers in the R&D center located in Timisoara (Timis county, West region) throughout 2010. Some of the jobs are for university graduates in electronics and telecommunications. It is estimated that the site will employ 250 people by the end of the year. In 2009, the company employed 1,800 people in Romania.
Eurofound (2010), Alcatel Lucent Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 70731, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70731.
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