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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
180 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
29 October 2008
Employment effect (start)
15 November 2008
Foreseen end date
28 February 2009
Description
Kongsberg Driveline Systems, a Norwegian producer of control systems and spare car parts based in Vráble industrial park, is to cut about 180 jobs. The job losses will be implemented from mid November 2008 to the end of February 2009. The decision to cut the jobs is attributed to the fall in orders.
Sources
29 October 2008: Hospodárske noviny
29 October 2008: SME
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Kongsberg Driveline Systems, Internal restructuring in Slovakia, factsheet number 67311, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67311.
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