XAL

Type
Business expansion
Country
Slovenia
Region
Slovenija; Vzhodna Slovenija; Pomurska
Location of affected unit(s)
Murska Sobota
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
27.4 - Manufacture of lighting equipment
27.4 - Manufacture of lighting equipment
150 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
31 July 2008
Employment effect (start)
31 December 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009

Description

XAL, producer of lighting fixtures in Murska Sobota in North-Eastern Slovenia, has announced the creation of an additional 150 jobs. The company is a subsidiary of XAL-Xenon Architectural Lighting from Graz (Austria). The parent company had already relocated part of its production to Slovenia where it intends to further increase its production capacities. Currently XAL employs 29 employees and plans to build a new factory for the mass production of lighting fixtures in the industrial zone of Murska Sobota. The land for the new factory has already been bought and construction will begin this year.

Sources

  • 31 July 2008: Delo

Citation

Eurofound (2008), XAL, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 66931, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66931.