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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 November 2007
Employment effect (start)
31 December 2008
Foreseen end date
30 September 2009
Description
Farguell, a Spanish firm and a sub-contractor of the multi-national group Sony, has announced that it is to create 150 new jobs in Nitra with the development of a new site. The new plant will produce metal frames for LCD televisions, and production at the site is scheduled to commence at the end of 2008. Management at the firm also plan to double production at the site in the course of 2009, and it is estimated that the new jobs will be created by the end of September 2009.
Sources
16 November 2007: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Farguell Nitra, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 66033, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66033.
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