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.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
170 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 November 2015
Employment effect (start)
28 November 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
American online retailer Amazon has announced that 170 new jobs have been created at its unit in Bielany Wrocławskie, near Wrocław. The restructuring programme is associated with the implementation of a fully-robotic logistics system, named Amazon Robotics, at the warehouses. This is the first logistic centre with that system in Europe. The system involves robots bringing the shelf to the packer rather than the packer going to the shelf. The new system increases the efficiency and capacity of storage space by half. Amazon has 109 logistic centres worldwide, including 29 in Europe. Amazon has been operating in Poland since 2013 and has 3 distribution centres (two in Bielany Wrocławskie and one in Poznań) in the country. Polish centres are part of the Amazon’s distribution chain in Europe.
Sources
28 November 2015: Portal Spożywczy
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Amazon, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 85818, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/85818.
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