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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
580 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
30 March 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Swiss power and automation technology company ABB has announced that it will create more jobs at its ABB Global Business Centre in Kraków than it initially declared in 2016. Currently, the company plans to create in total over 2,000 positions which implies that an additional 580 employees will be hired.
ABB operates in 100 countries employing over 135,000 people worldwide. The company has been operating in Poland since 1990 and it employs 4,600 people in 11 factories and 25 offices across the country.
Sources
30 March 2017: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2017), ABB, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90682, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90682.
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