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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
380 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 June 2008
Employment effect (start)
27 June 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
Marel Food Systems, producer of high-tech equipments for food processing mainly in the fishing industry, will create 380 new jobs in the next 2-3 years at its subsidiary at the Nitra Sever industrial park. According to the President of the Icelandic company, Hőrdur Armarson, Slovakia was selected because of the technical and transport infrastructure available as well as its qualified labour force. Marel Food has invested SKK 300 million into a greenfield production plant from which all products will be exported. The company currently employs 120.
Sources
30 June 2008: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Marel Food Systems, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 66813, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66813.
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