Howe Leather

Type
Business expansion
Country
Slovakia
Region
Vychodne Slovensko; Kosicky kraj;
Location of affected unit(s)
Kosice
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Furniture
31 - Manufacture of furniture
300 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
1 March 2005
Employment effect (start)
30 April 2005
Foreseen end date
31 December 2005

Description

Australian Howe Leather will set up a head office for Europe and a production unit in Kosice, East Slovakia. New investment of about €1 million will produce leather seats for motor vehicles. Full production will be exported, mostly supplied to Land Rover, Audi and BMW motorcar producers. Company management expects an annual turnover of about €30 million, to be doubled before 2007.

Sources

  • 1 March 2005: Hospodárske noviny
  • 1 March 2005: Pravda

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Howe Leather, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 61238, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61238.