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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
110 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 September 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
Ericsson, Swedish maker of mobile phone network equipment, is expanding its Finnish operations by up to 110 employees.
Ericsson has announced that it is opening a research and development unit in the northern city of Oulu. The unit is to start operating in autumn of 2011. In the first phase, it would employ about 200 persons, 50 by Ericsson and 150 by its partners. The unit may later expand to several hundred workers.
Ericsson is also planning to hire additional 40-60 workers to its main Finnish unit in the southern town of Kirkkonummi.
Sources
22 September 2011: YLE Internet News
22 September 2011: Tekniikka & Talous
22 September 2011: MTV3 Internet News
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Ericsson, Business expansion in Finland, factsheet number 72403, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72403.
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