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Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 26.7 - Manufacture of optical instruments, magnetic and optical media and photographic equipment 26.7 - Manufacture of optical instruments, magnetic and optical media and photographic equipment
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 January 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013
Description
Sony DADC, a multinational discs and optical media supplier for the entertainment, education and information industries, will create 100 new jobs by the end of 2013.
The company plans to increase the number of permanent staff at its two sites (Pilsen, Štěnovice near Pilsen) from current 300 to 400 employees. The company will recruit economists, financial and IT specialists, business and purchasing executives.
The Pilsen site, which has become a service centre for the European market of home entertainment, provides administrative services to factories in Austria and Great Britain and distribution and sales subsidiaries in major European capitals.
Sources
29 January 2013: Lidové Noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Sony DADC, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 74833, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74833.