Kärcher

Type
Business expansion
Country
Germany
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
(28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment
28.9 - Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery
28.99 - Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.
300 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
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://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73472.