Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Praha; Hlavni mesto Praha;
Location of affected unit(s)
Praha
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment
Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C.
28.13 - Manufacture of other pumps and compressors

100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
12 September 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2014
Foreseen end date
1 November 2017

Description

Howden CKD Compressors, a subsidiary of the multinational engineering company Howden, is to create 100 new jobs within the next 3 years and to expand its Prague site by shifting the production of standard crew compressors to the Czech Republic. The production is to commence at the beginning of November 2014. The business expansion is based on the intention of the parent company to create one of the main production centres of the division, the so-called Centre for Engineering Excellence.

In 2013, Howden acquired ČKD Kompresory, a leading supplier of multi-stage centrifugal compressors to the oil and gas, petrochemical, power and steel industries.


Sources

  • 12 September 2014: Hospodárske noviny

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Howden CKD Compressors, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 77536, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77536.