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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.20 - Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 April 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 April 2020
Description
The Czech engineering company Cylinders Holding announced that it will massively increase its production of medical gas cylinders and will hire at least 100 new employees at its Ostrava site. The enormous growth in demand for medical cylinders was noticeable since February 2020, when orders from Italy and Spain spiked due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
Vítkovice group is the world's biggest manufacturer of seamless steel high-pressure cylinders. According to the latest reports, the company's sales amounted CZK 2.7 billion (€100.5 million as at 15 April 2019) in 2018 and net profit in the same year was CZK 123 million (€4.5 million).
Currently, the Ostrava plant has 500 workers. The company operates also in Poland and Belarus.
Eurofound (2020), Cylinders Holding, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 100247, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/100247.
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