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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
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 December 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
The Bils-Deroo logistics group should therefore create at least 500 jobs by the end of 2021.On 7 December, the group announced the opening of a brand new 37,000 m2 logistics warehouse at a business park in Lambres-lez-Douai (Nord). 'At full speed, about a hundred people will be working in the warehouse,' according to the group's CEO. With thirty-six platforms and a view of the Renault factory, the goods storage warehouse will serve the automotive and distribution sectors.
The CEO also announced that the 75,000 m2 platform located in Sine-le-Noble (Nord), dedicated to the customer Gifi (a brand specialising in home furnishings) would be extended by 21,000 m2. Again, in a year and a half, once the construction is completed, seventy to eighty employees will join the company. According to a company source, in 2021 the Bils-Deroo group will employ between 1,700-1,800 people compared to 1,200 today.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Bils-Deroo, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 96191, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96191.
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