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 Manufacture Of Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Wood And Of Products Of Wood And Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture Of Articles Of Straw And Plaiting Materials 16 - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 October 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2009
Foreseen end date
Description
Velux, a Danish manufacture of roof-mounted windows, has announced that it is to create 250-300 new jobs in Partizánske. This business expansion will involve an investment of approximately SKK 1.3 billion. Production and employment at the site will commence in March 2009. A second phase of investment is planned in the future, but as of October 2007 there is no further information on the employment that this second round of investment will create. The building of the new site started on 13 Mach 2008. Velux management announced that 150-200 new jobs will be created by the end of 2009.
Sources
12 March 2008: Hospodárske noviny
17 October 2007: Pravda
18 October 2007: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Velux, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 65951, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65951.
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