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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
3 January 2018
Foreseen end date
31 May 2018
Description
Car parts manufacturer Akrapovič has announced new jobs for 100 workers as a consequence of the enlargement of its production unit in Črnomelj (Jugovzhodna Slovenija region). Akrapovič company is a high tech fast growing Slovenian company engaged in the production of exhaust systems for cars and motorbikes. The company is located in Ivančna Gorica in Osrednje-slovenska region and altogether employs more than 1,050 employees. The production unit in Črnomelj employs 750 workers and staffing will increase with the addition of 100 new workers in 2018. The company is searching for suitable candidates in the region. Akrapovič company expects continuous growth of production in coming years and further investments in new production facilities and logistics centre are under consideration.
Sources
17 October 2017: Finance
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Akrapovič, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 92302, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92302.
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