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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.20 - Manufacture Of Batteries And Accumulators
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 October 2023
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2023
Foreseen end date
31 December 2024
Description
TAB Mežica, a producer of batteries for the industrial and automotive sectors, announced 100 new jobs due to production expansion in Prevalje.
The company already produces batteries in the plant bought from the pharmaceutical company Lek (a member of Sandoz group). In cooperation with Austrian company Rosendahl Nextrom or BM-Rosendahl, which will supply the assembly line for battery modules and packs, it will expand the production to 180,000 battery modules per year.
Tab Mežica produces starter batteries, industrial cells and rechargeable batteries at its plants in Črna na Koroškem and Žerjav, as well as in North Macedonia. It currently employs 644 workers.
Eurofound (2023), Tab Mežica, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 200486, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200486.
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