The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
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200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 May 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2005
Foreseen end date
Description
AGC Automotive Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Asahi Glass is to start building a new automotive plant at the Tatabánya industrial park in Hungary. The new plant is dedicated to automotive safety glazing production. Production is planned to start in autumn 2005, the new plant will hire 200 people. In December 2004, AGC automotive had announced a restructuring of its Belgian plant with the loss of 250 jobs.
Sources
10 May 2005: Népszabadság
Citation
Eurofound (2005), AGC Automotive, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 61553, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61553.
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