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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
116 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 March 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2006
Foreseen end date
21 March 2007
Description
Novem Žalec is part of German owned multinational company Novem (Novem Car Interior Design). The company produces various products for the interior equipment of cars in the medium and high price range. Novem Žalec produces for companies like Rover, Audi, Renault and Volvo. The activity of the unit increased considerably in 2006 due to the relocation of production from Germany and Italy. As a result of this, the number of employees has increased from 526 at the beginning of 2006 to 642 in March 2007. It is expected that the number of employees will further increase but more precise figures are not available yet.
Sources
21 March 2007: Delo
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Novem Žalec, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 65118, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65118.
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