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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 August 2014
Employment effect (start)
25 August 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
Car manufacturer Skoda Auto, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, is to create 800 new jobs at its Mlada Boleslav plant in the coming months due to the launch of a new Fabia model. The company is looking for fitters, welders and people in logistics
Škoda Auto currently employs 19,500 people at its main site in Mlada Boleslav. The company also operates two factories (Kvasiny, Vrchlabí) with about 4,500 staff.
Sources
21 August 2014: Lidové Noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Škoda Auto, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 77452, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77452.