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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
20 September 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Multinational IT company Invite has announced that it will create 500 new jobs at its unit in Wrocław by the end of 2018.
Invite was created in September 2016 by the merger of BLStream, Kupferwerk and SMT Software Services. Invite employs more than 1,200 specialists in 11 delivery centres across Germany and Poland. The company is to continue the cooperation with companies such as Audi, BMW, Credit Suisse, Deloitte, ING, Microsoft, Orange, Viacom, Volkwagen and Zalando. Currently, Invite employs 540 IT specialists at the unit in Wrocław.
Sources
20 September 2016: Gazeta Wyborcza Wrocław
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Invite, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88750, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88750.
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