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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
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 September 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2016
Foreseen end date
1 June 2018
Description
MURR CZ, a subsidiary of the German company Murrelektronik, has announced that between 250 and 300 new jobs will be created at its Stod site near Pilsen within the next three years. Recruitment of new employees for its sixth production hall, that will open on June 2016, has already started. The workforce of the company's biggest site in the world will increase from 650 employees at present to at least 900 by 2018. The production of the Czech plant focuses on electronic components for industrial automation and car industry. Globally, the Group employs over 2,000 people worldwide.
Sources
24 September 2015: Finanční noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2015), MURR CZ, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 84815, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84815.
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