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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31 - Manufacture of furniture
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 January 2021
Employment effect (start)
13 January 2021
Foreseen end date
31 March 2021
Description
The Lithuanian furniture manufacturer Vilniaus baldai is to create 140 new jobs in Vilnius and Trakai by March 2021. The company opened a new factory in Trakai in August 2020 and plans to launch several new production lines, hence, to expand production capacities.
The company is currently looking for equipment operators, electricians-automatics, forklift drivers, quality controllers, technologists, managers, LEAN coordinators and other specialists.
Vilniaus baldai is one of the largest furniture manufacturing companies in Lithuania, specialised in the production of light storage flat-pack furniture. The company exports its products to different European countries, the US and Australia. Currently Vilniaus baldai employs 813 employees.
Eurofound (2021), Vilniaus baldai, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 103020, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/103020.
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