Briggs & Stratton

Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Česko; Moravskoslezsko; Moravskoslezský kraj
Location of affected unit(s)
Ostrava
Sector
Manufacturing
(28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment
28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
250 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
5 April 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Briggs & Stratton, the world's largest producer of air-cooled gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment, opened its first plant in Europe. The production of the assembly shop located in the Ostrava-Hrabová industrial zone was launched in December 2006. The facility with the annual production capacity of 1 million engines should take on up to 250 workers.

Sources

  • 5 April 2007: CzechInvest

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Briggs & Stratton, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 65243, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/65243.