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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.99 - Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 April 2012
Employment effect (start)
16 April 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
Kärcher, a leading manufacturer of industrial cleaning equipment, announced the intention to enlarge its global staff from 8,700 to 10,000 and to keep on entering up to ten new markets worldwide every year.
In the near future 300 jobs will be created in Germany. There is no further information on where these jobs will be created. Recently, the company invested Euro 30m in a new warehouse in south Germany. The management said that the company has not been affected by the economic crisis because of its global operations.
Sources
16 April 2012: Handelsblatt
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Kärcher, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 73472, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73472.
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