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.
Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.94 - Manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 June 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Picanol, a producer of automatic weaving looms, is responding to higher market demand by recruiting new employees for its Ieper facility. The company says the order book for the second half of 2015 is already well filled and the company would like to hire an extra 100 employees as soon as possible. Technician-level staff are especially needed, but also engineers and sales managers.
Sources
4 June 2015: De Tijd
4 June 2015: De Standaard
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Picanol, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 83839, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/83839.
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