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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 November 2017
Employment effect (start)
13 November 2017
Foreseen end date
31 March 2018
Description
German discount supermarket chain Lidl announced that up to 200 new jobs will be created at the new logistics centre in Cordun (Neamt County). Construction has begun and recruitment has already started. This new logistics facility will serve as a distribution hub for 50 stores located in the East of the country.
The Cordun hub is the fifth logistics centre which Lidl will open in Romania. The supermarket chain employs over 5,000 people across Romania.
Sources
13 November 2017: financiarul.ro
13 November 2017: angajatorulmeu.ro
13 November 2017: Romania Journal
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Lidl, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 92493, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92493.
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