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Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Other Specialised Wholesale 46.72 - Wholesale of metals and metal ores
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 July 2019
Employment effect (start)
15 July 2018
Foreseen end date
1 January 2023
Description
The company Technal, specialised in aluminium fittings, has announced the recruitment of 200 employees on permanent contracts by 2023. With constant growth of 3% since 2014, the company is launching a vast recruitment program to support its development. The company, which belongs to the Hydro group, currently has 693 employees at the Toulouse site. The management has set itself the objective of increasing the number of employees by 50-60 per year.
The company invests 5% of its human resources budget in the quality of life at work. The management organises muscle warm-up sessions as well as sports activities such as zumba, tennis on the company's court, yoga, meditation or sophrology in order to limit psychosocial risks within the company. The company reporst that this policy has made it possible to reduce the absenteeism rate from 3.53% in 2016 to 2.99% in 2018.
Eurofound (2019), Sapa Building System - Technal, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 98208, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98208.
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