Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Jihozapad; Plzensky;
Location of affected unit(s)
Stříbro
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment
30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
18 January 2016
Employment effect (start)
15 February 2016
Foreseen end date

Description

Germany-based KION Group, a worldwide leading producer of forklifts, warehouse equipment and other industrial trucks, is to create 200 new jobs following the opening a plant in Stříbro (Panattoni Park industrial zone) in mid-February 2016. The plant, which will focus on the production of forklifts, will need production workers, such as welders, agricultural machinery repairmen and auto mechanics.

According to Theodor Maurer, a member of the Board of Kion Group, the plant aims to maintain top position in Eastern and Southern Europe, where the group plans an "above-average growth."


Sources

  • 18 January 2016: E15

Citation

Eurofound (2016), KION Group, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 86185, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86185.