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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
New offshoring locations
Poland
120 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
25 November 2009
Employment effect (start)
30 November 2009
Foreseen end date
Description
LIMA plast, a Czech traditional producer of PVC windows and doors, has announced 120 dismissals with the closure of Dubňany plant due to economic downturn. The production will be moved to Poland where production and labour costs are lower. In Poland, every entrepreneur is given 10 year tax holiday and subsidy amounting to PLN 18,000 per one new job created.
Sources
25 November 2009: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2009), LIMA plast, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Czechia, factsheet number 69891, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69891.
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