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Manufacturing (28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment 28.1 - Manufacture of general-purpose machinery 28.11 - Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 May 2014
Employment effect (start)
7 May 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
US-based Caterpillar subsidiary MWM will create about 100 jobs in Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg). The job creation is going to be implemented until the end of 2014 and affect all of the company’s departments. At least 20 jobs are to be created in the Research and Development department.
MWM is a subsidiary of the American Caterpillar Group. 200 additional jobs have been created since the acquisition in 2011. MWM employs 1,450 people, 900 of them in Mannheim.
Eurofound (2014), MWM, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 77024, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77024.