LINET

Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Česko; Střední Čechy; Středočeský kraj
Location of affected unit(s)
Želevčice (Slaný)
Sector
Manufacturing
(28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment
28.9 - Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery
28.99 - Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.
170 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
11 February 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016

Description

LINET, manufacturer of hospital and nursing beds, has announced plans to expand its production at the Želevčice site and hire 170 employees during 2016.

In 2015, LINET became the leader in the European market due to record sales. The company achieved a turnover of EUR 218 million.

The plant manufactures around 40,000 hospital beds per year, the vast majority of which are intended for export to more than one hundred countries worldwide. LINET employs around 900 staff. Since 2011, LINET has been a division of the multinational holding organisation LINET Group SE, with registered offices in the Netherlands.

Sources

  • 11 February 2016: Čianews

Citation

Eurofound (2016), LINET, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 86478, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/86478.