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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
112 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 November 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The bankruptcy procedure has been initiated against Finnish company Helkama-Forste in Hungary and the dismissal of 112 employees has been notified to the regional employment centre. The company is based in Tata and produces refrigerators.
In 2008, the Hungarian site had become the company's innovation centre with an initial investement of 4 million euro; in 2009, another 2,1 million euro were invested in the site expansion. The intention was to attract the international beer and beverage producers.
The Finnish Helkama Group has been a family business for more than 100 years and also operated in care trade and the manufacture of bicycles and cables. Another refrigerator manufacturing site is located in Vyborg, Russia with a total of 360 employees supplying the Russian market.
Sources
30 November 2010: Vállalkozói Negyed
30 November 2010: MR1 Kossuth
30 November 2010: Napi Gazdaság
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Helkama-Forste, Bankruptcy in Hungary, factsheet number 71253, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71253.
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