Novartis CZ

Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Česko; Praha; Hlavní město Praha
Location of affected unit(s)
Prague
Sector
Information / Computing
63 - Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities
63.1 - Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities
63.1 - Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities
150 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
17 June 2014
Employment effect (start)
17 June 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014

Description

Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis is to create 150 new jobs at its newly opened IT centre in Prague by the end of 2014. About 150 IT specialists are already working there. As reported, the firm has chosen the city of Prague mainly because of an excellent infrastructure including public transport and also a wide range of highly qualified IT professionals. The Prague hub will provide IT shared services to other branch offices around the world.

Novartis currently employs a total of 500 people in the Czech Republic.

Sources

  • 18 June 2014: Hospodárske noviny
  • 17 June 2014: Finanční noviny

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Novartis CZ, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 77189, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77189.