Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
American home appliances producer Whirlpool has announced that it will create more jobs at its shared services centre in Łódź than it initially declared in March 2017. Currently, the company plans to create in total 300 positions what implies that additional 100 employees will be hired. The centre will provide back office services in 20 languages to company’s units operating in EMEA region. Whirlpool has decided to consolidate all financial operations and relocate them from its units in Dehli (India), Dublin (Ireland) and Fabriano (Italy) to Łódź. Whirlpool has been operating in Łódź for 18 years; currently, the company employs about 3,000 people in the city.
Eurofound (2017), Whirlpool, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 92241, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/92241.