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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 October 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
1 October 2012
Description
Siemens, a global electrical engineering giant, has decided to administrate its personnel and accounting agenda for European countries from two Czech centres located in Prague and Ostrava resulting in over 300 new jobs created within two years. Currently, the centres employ about 800 people. The decision to extend the two Czech sites signifies that Czech Republic is a good place for business activity with the opportunity to find qualified workers with foreign languages.
It is announced that recruitment will begin immediately.
Eurofound (2010), Siemens, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 71029, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71029.
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