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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 January 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Japanese investor SMC Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of pneumatic and electric industrial automation equipment, is going to set up a manufacturing site in Nouzka industrial area of the Vyškov city and to employ at least 200 people. The company will need highly qualified graduates with a good knowledge of English, and therefore it might face difficulties with a shortage of skilled labour in the region where the unemployment rate is relatively low (6.8%).
Sources
18 January 2007: Právo - Jižní Morava
Citation
Eurofound (2007), SMC Corporation, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 64775, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64775.
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