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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.29 - Other transportation support activities
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 April 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Italian eyewear manufacturer and distributor Luxottica is to hire up to 500 employees in Sedico (Belluno) as a result of a strong growth. The Sedico site is the main logistics hub, employing about 1,000 workers, and the only one in Europe. The group plans to expand the facility by the end of August 2016. The recruitment of the new employees is set to begin soon after.
The Luxottica group currently employs about 79,000 workers worldwide, and it reported an increase in sales by 17% in 2015, up to €9 billion.
Sources
1 March 2016: Milano Finanza
16 March 2016: Il Mattino di Padova
11 April 2016: Il Mattino di Padova
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Luxottica Group, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 87438, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87438.
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