Amazon Romania

Type
Business expansion
Country
Romania
Region
Macroregiunea Doi; Nord-Est; Iaşi
Location of affected unit(s)
Iasi
Sector
Information / Computing
62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
62.1 - Computer programming activities
62.10 - Computer programming activities
100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
6 October 2016
Employment effect (start)
6 October 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016

Description

The American company Amazon is to hire 100 permanent staff in the new research and development (R&D) centre in Iasi by the end of 2016. Another 300 employees will be hired over the next 3 years.

At present Amazon Romania has a total workforce of 600. The company opened the first R&D centre in Romania in 2005 and it has invested 40 million euro since.

Sources

  • 6 October 2016: businessmagazin.ro
  • 6 October 2016: capital.ro
  • 6 October 2016: revistabiz.ro
  • 6 October 2016: Wall-Street.ro

Citation

Eurofound (2016), Amazon Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 88785, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/88785.