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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
350 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 November 2007
Employment effect (start)
20 November 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Johnson Controls, a U.S. firm that produces parts and accessories for motor vehicles, has announced that it is to create 350 new jobs in Bratislava with the opening of a new site. The new site will provide the group with support in the areas of I.T., finance, and human resources. The site began operating in November 2007, and the new jobs will be created by the end of 2008. According to the Chief Executive Officer of the group, Mr. Richard Johnson, the group decided to invest in Bratislava because of the quantity of multi-national car producers operating in the region.
Sources
21 November 2007: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Johnson Controls, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 66052, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66052.
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