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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.29 - Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery n.e.c.
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
Marel Slovakia, a subsidiary of the Icelandic company Marel, will create 130 new jobs by the end of 2018 — 120 jobs in production and 10 jobs in administration. The company is expanding its factory in the Nitra-Sever industrial park where it makes hi-tech equipment and production lines for the processing of fish, poultry, pork and beef in the meat industry. Presently, the company employs 220 workers at the site. Marel has operated in Slovakia since 2005.
Sources
16 February 2017: Pravda
13 November 2016: Teraz
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Marel Slovakia, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 90355, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90355.
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