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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.11 - Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres
290 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 September 2013
Employment effect (start)
14 September 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
Continental Barum, a Czech traditional tyre producer, is to create over 290 new jobs and to invest nearly CZK 2.5 billion in order to expand the production at its facility located in Otrokovice.
Since 1992, the company has been part of the German Group Continental AG.
Updated, 24/06/2014: A total of 360 new jobs have been announced.
Sources
13 September 2013: Týden
24 June 2014: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Continental Barum, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 75877, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75877.
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