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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.29 - Manufacture Of Other General-Purpose Machinery N.E.C.
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 July 2023
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2023
Foreseen end date
1 January 2024
Description
Brückner Slovakia, a subsidiary of the German Brückner Group, currently operating in Topolcany, announced the acquiring of new premises within the Detva industrial park. The company plans to open a novel manufacturing site for special machinery by January 2024. The first stage of the expansion will lead to the creation of 200 novel jobs.
The training of the new hires will begin in September 2023.
Banska Bystrica Region, the Detva district and with the Ministry of Economy are interested in the success of the investment as it promises to generate employment opportunities and prevent labour migration towards the capital, Bratislava.
Eurofound (2023), Brückner Slovakia, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 109330, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/109330.
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