The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.11 - Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 June 2013
Employment effect (start)
2 December 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
US-based Tower International, a global manufacturer of metal components and assemblies for the automotive industry, is to create at least 300 new jobs and to launch car parts production in the Czech Republic.The new plant in Nepřevázka (near the city of Mladá Boleslav where the Czech car producer Škoda Auto operates) has already started a test production, with live production starting in 2013, and another production hall is planned for 2014.
Sources
5 June 2013: E15
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Tower International, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 75513, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75513.
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