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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 March 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Brano Group, a Czech manufacturer of automotive parts, has recently dismissed about 100 agency workers due to the coronavirus outbreak and the temporary closure of car manufacturers in the Czech Republic. Of the 2,400 Brano Group staff in the Czech Republic, around 2,100 are already or will be home from next week. According to the chairman of the Board, Pavel Juříček, the company expects sales to fall by at least CZK 1.5 billion (€ 55 million). In 2019, sales revenues amounted to CZK 6.7 billion (€ 254 million).
Eurofound (2020), Brano Group, Internal restructuring in Czechia, factsheet number 100114, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/100114.
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