The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22 - Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 August 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2009
Foreseen end date
31 August 2010
Description
Japan Mitsubishi Plastic Company management announced that the company will establish its subsidiary in Slovakia. The new production plant will be localised in Nitra’s industrial park. Plastic components for LCD TVs will be produced from 2009. The majority of the production will be supplied to the new Sony production plant localised nearby the industrial park. About 200 new jobs will be created within a period of two years.
Sources
15 August 2008: Pravda
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Mitsubishi Plastic, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 66989, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66989.
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