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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
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
26 February 2009
Foreseen end date
26 February 2009
Description
Bakony Préstechnika, a supplier of components to the automotive industry, has ceased operations, costing 250 jobs in Veszprém, Hungary.
The firm, founded only three years ago, had tremendous financial difficulties because of an inherited debt of HUF 350 million (EUR 1,3 million) from its mother company, Bakony Művek Alkatrészgyártó Zrt. The problems of Bakony Préstechnika increased with the bankruptcy of its mother company. Liquidators tried to sell the subsidiary three times independently from the mother company, arguing that its independent functioning was absolutely viable. However, as these efforts did not yield results, creditors froze the company's assets, forcing it to stop operations.
The company, based in Veszprém (Veszprém county) was producing pressed and deep drawn metal components for the automotive industry.
Eurofound (2009), Bakony Préstechnika, Bankruptcy in Hungary, factsheet number 69248, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69248.
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