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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.92 - Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 September 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
28 September 2012
Description
German-Austrian manufacturer of construction machinery Wacker-Neuson has recently opened a new site and thus increased its staff numbers by 200 employees.
The company invested some EUR 65 million in the new site in Hörsching, close to Linz in Upper Austria, making it the largest single investment in the company's history. Construction of the new building took some 11 months.
Sources
28 September 2012: Der Standard
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Wacker Neuson, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 74261, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74261.
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