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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 September 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The new Conta factory shop in Podbořany (North-west Bohemia) was put into operation. Conta s.r.o., a subsidiary of the Italian company Candy Elettrodomestici, has already invested nearly €50 million into fridge manufacture in the region. The plant now employs 600 workers and plans to increase its workforce by up to 250 people in the coming years.
Thanks to the expansion, the Conta plant is expected to attain annual production capacity of more than 800 thousand items and to become the main manufacturing centre for Candy group in Europe.
Eurofound (2005), Conta, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 62191, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62191.
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