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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 April 2008
Employment effect (start)
21 April 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
The Iskra Avtoelektrika factory in Šempeter plans to increase the number of its employees by 300 by the year 2011. The company, which already employs approximately 2000 workers at the site, manufactures products for the automotive and mobile hydraulics industries (alternators, starter motors, integrated flywheel starters, mechatronics, electric motors, electronic controllers etc.). In total, the company currently employs 2800 workers.
Sources
21 April 2008: Delo
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Iskra Avtoelektrika, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 66533, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66533.
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