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Information / Communication Publishing Of Information; Production And Programming Of Audiovisual Motion Picture, Video And Television Programme Production, Sound Recording And Music Publishing Activities 59.20 - Sound recording and music publishing activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 September 2017
Employment effect (start)
26 September 2017
Foreseen end date
26 September 2018
Description
Sony DADC, the world's leading supplier of discs and digital services for the entertainment, educational and information industry, has opened a new distribution centre for Central Europe in Nýřany near Pilsen. In the first year, the new site will create about 200 new jobs. The company is about to hire truck drivers, office workers, quality controllers and managers.
The centre has an area of over 40,000 m2 and will provide retail as well as B2B distribution.
Sources
26 September 2017: Prague Monitor
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Sony DADC, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 92204, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92204.
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