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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
19 October 2017
Foreseen end date
19 October 2020
Description
Schaeffler Production CZ, automotive parts producer, has opened a new manufacturing site in the city of Svitavy, where up 1,000 new jobs will be created by 2020. After the recent opening, the first 269 recruitments are currently working there. The plant's production focuses on heat management modules for the automotive industry. This device helps reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The products will be used for the expected boom in the production of electric cars in the next decade. The investment reached almost EUR 100 million. The company is mostly looking for assembly workers, adjusters, technologists, tool-makers and electricians. Globally, the German manufacturer of rolling element bearings for automotive, aerospace and industrial purposes operates in 50 countries with about 86,000 staff.
Sources
19 October 2017: Blesk
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Schaeffler Production CZ, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 92337, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92337.
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