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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
105 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 March 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2014
Foreseen end date
30 April 2014
Description
A new investment in Lommel Proving Ground, the test circuit of the American multinational carmaker Ford, will create 105 new jobs in 2014. 36 jobs will be for office staff and 69 will be for technical workers.
The new investment increases the importance of Lommel Proving Ground, since 2008 it has been the Center of Excellence for all tests of new Ford technology in Europe.
The ERM previously reported that Ford closed three production sites in Europe, including one in Belgium.
Sources
26 March 2014: Nieuwsblad
27 March 2014: De Standaard
27 March 2014: De Tijd
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Lommel Proving Ground, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 76798, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76798.
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