Olympus Surgical Technologies

Type
Business expansion
Country
Germany
Region
Hamburg; Hamburg; Hamburg
Location of affected unit(s)
Hamburg, Jenfeld
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
26.6 - Manufacture of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment
26.6 - Manufacture of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment
180 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
21 July 2014
Employment effect (start)
21 July 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014

Description

Olympus Surgical Technologies announced the creation of 180 jobs in Hamburg until the end of 2014. 80 of these jobs will be based at the company’s plant in Jenfeld. A further 100 positions will be based in the marketing and sales department in the company’s European headquarters in Hamburg. The company currently employs around 2,000 people in Hamburg.

Olympus Surgical Technologies is a daughter of the European Olympus Group which focuses on the production of endoscopes.

Sources

  • 21 July 2014: Hamburger Abendblatt

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Olympus Surgical Technologies, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 77371, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77371.