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Alfod es Eszak; Eszak-Alfold; Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg
Location of affected unit(s)
Nyíregyháza
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.4 - Manufacture of games and toys
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 December 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
23 March 2007
Description
LEGO, Danish manufacturer of toys, is moving the manufacturing of its product, Lego Creator, to a plant in Eastern Hungary, Nyíregyháza from Billund, Denmark. Total production capacity is expected to be reached by mid-March next year with a total of 150 people employed. Another production line was relocated to Hungary at the end of last year: then manufacturing of the product Lego Duplo was moved to Sárvár in Western Hungary from Willisau, Switzerland. Production has been continued there since then in Sárvár, Western Hungary, giving work to 600 employees.
Sources
18 December 2006: FigyelőNet
Citation
Eurofound (2006), LEGO, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 64580, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64580.
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