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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 July 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
French electronic chip manufacturer, SP System, has announced to recruit about 200 employees in 2015 to develop a new electronic chip included in stickers. The first market is to sell such stickers to bikers that will stick it on their motorcycle helmet. Police and emergency services can read the electronic chips through a free application in case of accident. It contains information about the identity of the biker, contact person, medical information. Other possible applications of the product include their use on invalidity cards, ID cards (to facilitate control by public authorities), schoolbags or cars.
The company, a Narbonne based start-up, is expect to recruit about 800 employees in the next five years.
Sources
9 July 2015: La Tribune - Objectif Languedoc Roussillon
Citation
Eurofound (2015), SP System, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 84265, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84265.
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