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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
50 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 February 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2016
Foreseen end date
30 June 2016
Description
USK, specialised in installation engineering, announced the creation of 50 new jobs in the first half of 2016. As soon as these positions are filled, the company's workforce will reach a threshold of more than 400 employees. According to the management, they are hiring mechanical and electrical engineers, installation programmers, industrial mechanics and industrial electronics technicians. Recruitment is due to an increase in incoming orders in the last quarter of 2015. To increase its attractiveness as an employer, USK will rise wages and offer the possibility of flexible working time considering operational requirements.
Headquartered in Limbach-Oberfrohna, USK currently employs 360 employees at two sites in Germany. The company supplies the automotive industry.
Sources
4 February 2016: USK press release
4 February 2016: Freie Presse (online)
Citation
Eurofound (2016), USK Karl Utz Sondermaschinen, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 86475, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86475.
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