ABB

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion południowy; Małopolskie; Miasto Kraków
Location of affected unit(s)
Kraków
Sector
Information / Computing
62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
580 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
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://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/90682.