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Professional Services Professional Legal And Technical Acconuting Activities Legal And Accounting Activities 69.2 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
220 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 August 2013
Employment effect (start)
8 August 2013
Foreseen end date
8 August 2015
Description
On 8 August 2013, Finnish chemical company Kemira announced plans to create up to 250 jobs at its new Business Service Center in Gdańsk. The center will provide accounting, IT, HR and financial services for Kemira’s units in Europe, Near East and Africa. As mentioned 30 jobs have already been created and the expansion will take place in the following two years.
Kemira is a global company providing chemicals for water-intensive industries. The company was founded in 1920 in Finland and currently employs approximately 4,900 people.
Sources
8 August 2013: Trójmiasto.pl
8 August 2013: Wyborcza.biz
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Kemira, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 75767, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75767.
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