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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
70 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 June 2014
Employment effect (start)
21 September 2014
Foreseen end date
1 October 2016
Description
Producer of tires for trucks and buses Continental Barum has announced the creation of 360 new jobs at its Otrokovice plant. In September 2013, 290 new jobs have already been announced.
As reported the recruitment of the new personnel will start in autumn 2014 when the new production hall will launch its operation. Globally, Germany-based Continental employs 130,000 people at 190 sites in 35 countries.
Sources
24 June 2014: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Continental Barum, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 77229, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77229.
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