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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20.11 - Manufacture of industrial gases
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 June 2014
Employment effect (start)
23 June 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
Linde Gaz Romania, a subsidiary of the German gas supplier Linde Group, has announced that it will recruit 300 employees at its regional service centre in Timisoara. According to the source, the centre will provide support for clients in Greece, Cyprus, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The company will employ analysts to work in the back office, front office and also as team leaders. While recruitment has begun, the source notes that there is no timeline about when the recruitment process will be finished.
The Linde Group has been based in Romania since 1996, with an annual turnover of €105.5 million. It currently employs 420 people. The ERM previously reported on worldwide restructuring at the Linde Group in 2009.
Sources
23 June 2014: Realitatea
23 June 2014: Business-Review
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Linde Gaz Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 77231, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77231.
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