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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23 - Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 August 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2009
Foreseen end date
Description
CBC Invest, the new owner of a traditional Czech glass production site in Nový Bor, is to restore up to 500 jobs out of about 900, which were lost due to the closure of the site in January 2009 (see fact sheet No 12392). The unemployment rate in the city has reached 19 percent since the closure of the plant. Employment is to begin in October 2009.
Sources
23 September 2009: Hospodárske noviny
27 August 2009: MF Dnes
Citation
Eurofound (2009), CBC Invest, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 69421, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69421.
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