AERO Vodochody

Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Česko; Střední Čechy; Středočeský kraj
Location of affected unit(s)
Odolená Voda
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
30.3 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
30.3 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
150 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
17 January 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013

Description

AERO Vodochody, the largest aerospace manufacturer in the Czech Republic, will create 150 new jobs in 2013.

The company signed with Italian firm Alenia Aermacchi a deal for the supply of aircraft fuselage panels for Airbus A321. Value of the contract is CZK 3 billion.

In the middle of 2012, AERO recorded a profit of CZK 178 million, about 4 million more than in the entire 2011. Currently, the company employs around 1,500 people.

Sources

  • 17 January 2013: Týden

Citation

Eurofound (2013), AERO Vodochody, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 74774, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74774.