Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Jihozapad; Plzensky;
Location of affected unit(s)
Plzeƈ
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment
30.3 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
12 July 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017

Description

Aviation equipment manufacturer Zodiac Galleys Europe is to expand its production and to create 200 new jobs in the Plzen site during 2017. The company, which currently employs around 1,000 people, is planning to make over 3,000 aircraft galleys for Airbus and a turnover of CZK 3bn (EUR 110.99mn USD 122.67mn) is expected for the for fiscal year 2016.Zodiac Galleys Europe is part of the French Zodiac Aerospace and has been operating in the city of Plzen since 2001.

Worldwide, Zodiac Aerospace is located on 100 sites and employs 35,000 people.


Sources

  • 12 July 2016: Prague Daily Monitor

Citation

Eurofound (2016), Zodiac Galleys Europe, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 88255, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88255.