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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
112 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 September 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2007
Foreseen end date
26 September 2007
Description
PKC Eesti, an affiliate of the Finnish group PKC and a producer of wiring harnesses for the automotive, telecommunications and electronics sector, has reported that it has created 112 new jobs in Estonia since August 2007. 73 employees have been recruited at the firm’s Keila site at which 770 are employed, whilst 39 have been hired at the firm’s Haapsalu plant where 470 are employed. At the Keila plant, the company is also looking to recruit engineers in the next few months. PKC has operated in Estonia since 1991.
Sources
26 September 2007: Eesti Päevaleht
Citation
Eurofound (2007), PKC Eesti, Business expansion in Estonia, factsheet number 65855, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65855.
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