German industrial group ThyssenKrupp has announced its plan to create up to 700 new workplaces at its Global Business Centre in Gdańsk. The centre will provide financial, human resources, real estate and IT services for the units across Europe and is expected to be operational in the first half of 2015. Currently, ThyssenKrupp is engaged in building a network of six global shared services centres located in Poland, India, Brazil, China and Germany (two locations).