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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25.40 - Manufacture of weapons and ammunition
550 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 September 2015
Employment effect (start)
16 September 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
The European weapons manufacturer MBDA has announced major hiring plans in France and the United Kingdom. MBDA will hire 550 employees in France by the end of 2016, a net increase of its French workforce of 220 or 5 per cent. Details of the hiring plans in the UK are expected to be announced to the UK unions shortly. The announcement comes after MBDA won several major international contracts including a EUR 410 mn contract to supply missiles to the Royal Air Force.
Sources
16 September 2015: Le Tribune
Citation
Eurofound (2015), MBDA, Business expansion in European Union, factsheet number 84717, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84717.
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