The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Bremen (Germany), Tuscaloosa (US), East London (South Africa), Langfang (China)
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
520 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 August 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
The German car supplier Boysen has recently announced its intention to increase its workforce to 2,500 staff by 2014. The company, which currently employs around 1,980 people worldwide, will be hiring additional staff mainly for its new plants in Bremen (Germany), Tuscaloosa (US), East London (South Africa) and Langfang (China).
Since 2012, the company, which has its headquarters in Altensteig, Germany, has increased the number of production sites from 10 to 17 worldwide due to large-scale orders for its products.
Eurofound (2013), Boysen, Business expansion in World, factsheet number 75808, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75808.
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