Asko

Type
Business expansion
Country
Slovenia
Region
Slovenija; Vzhodna Slovenija; Savinjska
Location of affected unit(s)
Velenje
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
27.5 - Manufacture of domestic appliances
27.51 - Manufacture of electric domestic appliances
450 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
7 July 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2013
Foreseen end date
30 September 2013

Description

Gorenje, a Slovenian blue-chip household appliance manufacturer, decided to relocate production of Asko appliances from Sweden (see factsheet) to Slovenia, which results in 450 new jobs being created in Valenje by September 2013.

At the end of 2011, the company employed 4,423 people in Velenje, Savinjska region.

Sources

  • 6 July 2012: Finance
  • 7 July 2012: Delo

Citation

Eurofound (2012), Asko, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 73870, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73870.