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Cluj-Napoca, București, Iași, Timișoara, Baia Mare
Sector
Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.01 - Computer programming activities
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 April 2016
Employment effect (start)
12 April 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Software company SoftVision is to hire 500 IT specialists in 2016. The company will reach an estimated 2,000 employees internationally.
About 400 new jobs will be created in the Romanian centres in Cluj-Napoca, București, Iași, Timișoara and Baia Mare where the company has 1,300 employees.
Update, 2 June 2016: SoftVision company, specialised in developing software solutions, merged with Paradigms Software International (SPI), one of the largest companies in the US, as part of the global expansion plans of the Romanian company. The new global group will be named SOFTVISION Paradigms International.
Sources
11 April 2016: capital.ro
11 April 2016: Wall-Street.ro
11 April 2016: Bursa.ro
11 April 2016: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2016), SoftVision, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 86967, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86967.
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