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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
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 November 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
Foxconn CZ, Czech affiliate of the Taiwanese electronics producer, is to create around 100 new jobs in 2015 and to expand its Pardubice site with an investment of EUR 10 million. The company has already recruited 100 new employees in 2014. Foxconn has been operating in the Czech Republic since 2000 and currently employs around 7,000 people in two plants (Pardubice, Kutna Hora).
Sources
6 November 2014: Company press release
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Foxconn CZ, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 77883, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77883.
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