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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Wearing Apparel 14.13 - Manufacture Of Other Outerwear
125 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 December 2024
Employment effect (start)
12 December 2024
Foreseen end date
28 February 2025
Description
Makyta, a Slovak textile manufacturer announced complete shutdown of it's clothing production after 85 years in business. The company will lay off at least 125 employees, that is a vast majority of their workforce. The company will close because of adverse market conditions, and cites among the reasons luxury good order shortages and increase of production costs.
Redundancies will affect seamstresses and admin employees as well. The company offers severance packages to its longest-tenured employees.
The company was the largest employer in Puchov region in the past, contributing to the town development from 3000 to 10000 citizens.
The company workforce has been steadily declining since 2009, when it has 2,900 employees.
Eurofound (2024), Makyta, Closure in Slovakia, factsheet number 202215, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/202215.
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