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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Paper And Paper Products 17.29 - Manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 May 2022
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
Bukoza Invest, the Slovak producer of white lined chipboard (WLC) paper, plans to create 100 jobs by the end of 2022 in Hencovce in East Slovakia. The company should Invest over €30 million in the expansion of its WLC production and wage costs will make at least €3.6 million between 2022 and 2024. The plant's capacity should be increased to 140,000 tons per year. The investment is due to be completed in June 2022 and the start of full capacity production is expected in September 2022.
Eurofound (2022), Bukoza Invest, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 106870, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106870.
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