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 Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22 - Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
620 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 January 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2000
Foreseen end date
11 January 2007
Description
Saar Gummi Czech (SGC) is a subsidiary of the major German rubber company Saar-Gummiwerk, operating in the Czech Republic since 2000. In 2006, the company transferred some of its production units (sealing profiles and rubber moulding for automotive industry) from two German sites (Hannover and Wadern-Buschfeld) to the Czech site located in Velké Poříčí. The rapid production expansion over recent years has already created 620 jobs and the recruitment of new employees is still under way.
Sources
11 January 2007: Právo - Liberecký kraj
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Saar Gummi Czech (SGC), Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 64730, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64730.
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