The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
1,300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 April 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
AU Optronics, a Taiwanese electronic company, will establish its first subsidiary in Slovakia. It will create 1,300 new jobs at a new production plant near Trenčín. The company will produce LCD components there from January 2011. The Slovak Government will provide state aid to the Company to the tune of 38.27 million euro. A further 2,000 new jobs are expected to go to subcontractors.
Sources
19 April 2010: Hospodárske noviny ()
Citation
Eurofound (2010), AU Optronics, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 70446, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70446.
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