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Manufacturing (24 - 25) Manufacture of metals 24.5 - Casting of metals 24.5 - Casting of metals
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 June 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 July 2013
Description
East Slovakian Machine Works - VSS Foundry Company in Kosice will be closed causing 100 job losses. The Company, which produced different metal products, is long-term in debt. To protect the Company from creditors, the management decided to announce the bankruptcy.
Sources
18 June 2013: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2013), VSS Foundry, Bankruptcy in Slovakia, factsheet number 75604, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75604.