KTM-Sportmotorcycle

Type
Business expansion
Country
Austria
Region
Westösterreich; Oberösterreich; Innviertel
Location of affected unit(s)
Mattighofen
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
30.9 - Manufacture of transport equipment n.e.c.
30.91 - Manufacture of motorcycles
100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
29 May 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013

Description

The Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM-Sportmotorcycle is to produce Husqvarna motorcycles (which were recently bought from BMW) in Mattighofen, thus creating 100 new jobs in Austria in 2013 (from autumn onwards). The production was formerly located in Biandronno, Italy, where currently 240 employees are employed. In Biandronno, the company will be maintaining only a spare parts depot.

Sources

  • 21 May 2013: Salzburger Nachrichten
  • 24 May 2013: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten
  • 29 May 2013: Wirtschaftsblatt

Citation

Eurofound (2013), KTM-Sportmotorcycle, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 75466, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75466.