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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
3,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 March 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Taipei Electronic, a Taiwanese computer LCD screen manufacturer, has announced that it is to create up to 3,000 new jobs in the Joseph industrial zone (Havraň) near the city of Most with the development of a new plant. The foreign investor ensures that production will be launched within a year after obtaining the building permit. In a first phase, approximately 400 new jobs will be created. According to local labour office, the announcement of this project is very good news for the region with the highest unemployment rate in the Czech Republic. As of March 2008 there is no information on when employment at the new plant will commence and when the new jobs will be created by.
Sources
14 March 2008: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Taipei Electronic, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 66401, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66401.
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