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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Leather And Related Products 15.11 - Tanning and dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 January 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2006
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
Hightex, a German manufacturer of car upholstery, plans to build a Ft 1 billion plant and logistics centre at a greenfield site near Bonyhád, southwest Hungary. Work on the plant will start in february 2006 with 50 employees. Hightex will hire 100 to 120 people until 2007, but the 1,500 square metre plant could be expanded to employ 200-250 people later on. The company is negotiating with several local leather companies for future supplies and plans to start production as early as February 2006 in a plant that once belonged to the shoemaker Salamander. Hightex makes upholstery and accessories for car interiors of textile, wood, metal and leather. Bonyhád and its area is well-known for its leather and shoe industries, but many companies have left, leaving hundreds of skilled workers jobless.
Sources
26 January 2006: Világgazdaság
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Hightex Hungary, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 62868, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62868.
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