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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.2 - Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 February 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2010
Foreseen end date
31 March 2010
Description
Zelezniarne Podbrezova, a Slovak producer of seamless pipes, planned to create about 100 new jobs in March 2010. According to the company CEO, Vladimír Soták, its economic situation is improving and after waves of dismissals in 2009, a healthy recovery from the economic downturn seems to be possible.Increasing number of orders have spurred increased production and the company actually created 140 new jobs in the expansion.
Sources
19 April 2010: Hospodárske noviny
18 February 2010: SME
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Železiarne Podbrezová, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 70184, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70184.
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