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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.72 - Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 July 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2015
Foreseen end date
30 June 2015
Description
American food company Mondelez International announced expansion plans and the creation of 200 new jobs at its Opava site in the first half of 2015. The investment amounts to over CZK 2 billion. Biscuit products are designed primarily for the European market. Approximately 90 pc of the new jobs are intended for workers with secondary vocational education in food and technical fields.
Mondelez Czech Republic currently employs 670 people in Opava. Globally, Mondelez International has 110,000 employees.
Eurofound (2014), Mondelez Czech Republic, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 77319, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77319.
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