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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.
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 December 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2008
Foreseen end date
Description
VTK Cylinders, a producer of steel cylinders for compressed gases, has created 130 new jobs with the development of a new site in Ostrava, Czech Republic. VTK Cylinders is a subsidiary of the Czech leading machinery group Vítkovice Holding. The site will focus on the production of steel cylinders for compressed gases.
It was also reported that a further new business is to set up in Poland (Bielsko-Biala) through a Polish subsidiary VTK Milmet at the beginning of 2009. It is expected that the Czech production of small ship shafts will be moved to that new Polish plant because of lower production costs.
Sources
16 December 2008: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2008), VTK Cylinders, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 67660, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67660.
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