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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.11 - Manufacture of electronic components
212 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 September 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
EcoSolifer - which is based in Wilen, Switzerland and develops and manufactures photovoltaic modules - has announced a HUF 15bn investment in a new solar module factory in Csorna, which will create 212 new jobs. Production at the plant will start in the second half of 2015. The Hungarian government has allocated 1 bn HUF for the construction.
Sources
18 September 2014: Híradó
18 September 2014: Magyar Nemzet
Citation
Eurofound (2014), EcoSolifer, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 77597, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77597.
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