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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Postal And Courier Activities 53.2 - Other postal and courier activities
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 November 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
DPD Poland, a subsidiary of the express parcel delivery company DPD Group, has announced that it will create 250 jobs at its new sorting centre in Parzniew near Warsaw, Poland. According to the company, one fourth of the new employees will be female and their training will be based on a Virtual Reality training system. Eventually, 250,000 parcels from Warsaw and eastern region of the country are expected to be sorted in the unit.
DPD Poland has been operating since 1991. As of December 2018, the company has 7 sorting centres across Poland.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), DPD Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 96132, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96132.
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