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Utilities Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply 35.1 - Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 January 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
In January, the equipment manufacturer, MVM Power Trading Ltd, which is a subsidiary of the National Power Line Company Inc(Ovit), announced plans to hire 100 persons in 2011 in Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary. Ovit already employs 700 employees at other sites. The company aims to reopen a site previously owned by Transelektro Ganz-Rock. The CEO of Ovit, Gopcsa Peter said, "Restarting the plant is of national interest, since most of these products could be purchased only from abroad, but now will be an occasion even to produce for export."
Sources
19 January 2011: Inforadió
19 January 2011: HBI
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Országos Villamostávvezeték, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 71598, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71598.
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