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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 October 2004
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2005
Foreseen end date
31 January 2006
Description
Belgian Jonckheere decided to buy VSS (East Slovakian Machinery Company) in Košice. The company will produce different metal products for companies operational in construction and transport. In the initial stage, the company will process the Belgian steel but the company management intends in a second phase to use the production of the nearby US Steel.
Sources
5 October 2004: Hospodárske noviny
5 October 2004: SME
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Jonckheere Subcontracting, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 60680, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60680.
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