Lek

Type
Business expansion
Country
Slovenia
Region
Slovenija; Vzhodna Slovenija; Pomurska
Location of affected unit(s)
Lendava
Sector
Manufacturing
(20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
300 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
18 January 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Lek, a pharmaceutical company from Ljubljana and part of the Swiss-based Sandoz group, has announced that it is to create 300 new jobs with the development of a new factory for the packaging of pharmaceuticals in Lendava, in the North-East Slovenia. The construction will begin at the end of 2008 and the total investment is EUR 50 million. Lek has another pharmaceutical factory in Lendava, which employs approximately 300.

Sources

  • 18 January 2008: Finance

Citation

Eurofound (2008), Lek, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 66207, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66207.