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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 November 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Zizala Lichtsysteme GmbH, Austria-based company, decided to expand its business in Slovakia. A greenfield investment of around SKK 400 million will be located in small village Krusovce nearby Topolčany. Around two million components for motor vehicles, namely headlights, will be produced in the new production unit per year. Construction works on the site should start in December 2006, however, the timeline for the production launch is not known yet.
Sources
25 November 2006: SME
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Zizala Lichtsysteme GmbH, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 64526, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64526.
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