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 Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Wearing Apparel 14 - Manufacture of wearing apparel
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 February 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
29 February 2008
Description
Airflyght, the joint Hungarian-Italian company, will expand its business to Slovakia. The company will establish its greenfield production plant in Tornala — the region where the unemployment rate is around 26%. The ready-made clothing for Benetton will be produced there. Airflyght plans to create around 200 new jobs in the new production unit in a year. It intends to ask the Slovak government for a state aid.
Sources
1 February 2007: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Airflyght, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 64863, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64863.
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