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 Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 February 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
The company ŠKODA POWER – the subsidiary company of Škoda Holding - is one of the most important European producers and suppliers of the technological equipment and customer services in the power industry with more than a century-old tradition of steam turbine production in Skoda design. Due to a boom in the energy industry, the company is extending its business activity and about 150 new workers are expected to be employed in 2007.
Sources
26 February 2007: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Škoda Power a.s., Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 65009, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65009.
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