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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.2 - Manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 February 2021
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Laika Caravans, leading company in the motorhome sector, announce the expansion of its production activities at of one of its former production plants in the municipality of Barberino Tavarnelle, which will be brought back into activity, and the hiring of 100 new workers.
Among the new hirings, there will also be 60 former Bekeart workers, which have still not found a re-employment solution after the crisis of the Belgian steel processing company.
Satisfaction was expressed by the local administration, which cooperated with the company to make the decision possible.
Eurofound (2021), Laika Caravans, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 103586, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/103586.
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