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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.13 - Manufacture of other pumps and compressors
80 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 June 2021
Employment effect (start)
4 June 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
US water technology firm Xylem announced that it will expands its productive capacity by establishing a new production site in Abony, Central Hungary. As a result of the investment, 80 new jobs will be created. The company has already begun recruitment.
The unit will produce pumps for various sectors, like the automotive industry, food industry and the shipping sector. The investment is implemented with the firm's own resources, the investment cost is nearly €2.9 million.
For the new plant, machinery will be transferred from a Xylem unit in England. The first phase of the three-phase development is to be finished by August 2021, hence the new plant is expected to start operating in September, at one-third of the final productive capacity. The investment is planned to be completed in the fourth quarter of this year.
Xylem has already a production site in Cegléd that operates as a centre of excellence. With the Abony plant, the firm hopes to double its sales revenue – currently roughly €30 million – by 2022.
Eurofound (2021), Xylem Water Systems Magyarország, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 104929, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104929.
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