Boxmark Leather

Type
Business expansion
Country
Slovenia
Region
Slovenija; Vzhodna Slovenija; Koroška
Location of affected unit(s)
Slovenj Gradec
Sector
Manufacturing
(13 - 15) Manufacture of textiles, apparel and leather
15.1 - Tanning, dyeing, dressing of leather and fur; manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery and harness
15.11 - Tanning, dressing, dyeing of leather and fur
450 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
7 September 2010
Employment effect (start)
6 September 2010
Foreseen end date
23 March 2011

Description

Boxmark Leather is a company, which produces leather for suppliers in the automobile industry. The company is owned by Austrian firm Schmidt. The company faces considerably increased demand for its products. To meet this demand, Boxmark rented the premises of the recently bankrupted company Prevent Avtomobilski deli in Slovenj Gradec. In the rented premises, by end March 2011 Boxmark employed 300 employees (previously employed by Prevent) and intends to employ another 150 by the beginning of September 2011.

Sources

  • 23 March 2011: Delo
  • 16 September 2010: Delo
  • 7 September 2010: Delo

Citation

Eurofound (2010), Boxmark Leather, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 71817, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71817.