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.
ContiTech Rubber Industrial Kft., a Hungarian subsidiary of German conglomerate Continental, announced the creation of more than 130 high-value intellectual jobs at its Business Service Centre in Szeged. Recruitment began in June and will conclude by 31 December 2027, with the first 70 positions filled in 2026. Most of the jobs will be high-value added white-collar positions in the fields of sales, business development, supply chains, engineering and technical support, and legal and compliance issues. Junior, medior and senior professionals are recruited alike. The business service and competence centre provides engineering and business support services for the global company. The expansion makes use of the local talent pool from the University of Szeged.
The combined workforce of the Szeged production plant and the BSC is currently about 600 employees, of whom 160 work in the BSC.
Eurofound (2026), ContiTech Rubber Industrial, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 300628, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/300628.
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