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 Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
30 June 2008
Foreseen end date
Description
On 23 October 2006 it was announced that Rational, a manufacturer of special hot-air appliances for professional kitchens plans to build a third manufacturing site at Landsberg a. Lech because the increasing demand would soon exceed current production capacities.
The site shall employ about 100 employees. The building of the site shall start in 2007 and be finished by mid 2008. The company currently employs 850 people.
Sources
23 October 2006: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Rational, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 64330, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64330.
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