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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25.93 - Manufacture of wire products, chain and springs
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 September 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
Bekaert, a Belgian firm that produces wires and cords, is to create 100 new jobs at its site in Hlohovec. The firm employs 1100 at the Hlohovec site, and has operated at Hlohovec since 2003 when it acquired the Slovak firm Drótovne. It is expected that the new jobs will be created by the end of 2007. Bekaert also operate a second Slovakian plant at Sládkovičovo.
Sources
13 September 2007: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Bekaert, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 65809, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65809.
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