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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.40 - Manufacture of games and toys
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 December 2015
Employment effect (start)
15 November 2015
Foreseen end date
17 December 2016
Description
Kompan Czech Republic, a subsidiary of the Danish playground equipment producer, is to create 100 new jobs within one year due to the opening of a new manufacturing hall in November 2015 at the Brno site.
The Danish firm has been operating in the Czech Republic since 2004 and the Brno site is its main production and logistics centre, employing 250 workers. Nearly 90 % of the company's production is exported to more than 60 countries including Australia, the US, Russia and Japan.
Sources
17 December 2015: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Kompan Czech Republic, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 86007, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86007.
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