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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.31 - Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 January 2018
Employment effect (start)
11 February 2018
Foreseen end date
23 February 2018
Description
In January 2018, the developer and producer of EV components Rimac Automobili, announced it will hire about 100 new employees at its site in Sveta Nedelja, Croatia. Positions are available for people with various mechanical engineer skills that will work on the development and enhancement of electric car batteries, and who will participate in implementing of different mobile applications.
As it is expected that the biggest vehicle producers will soon be producing more electric than conventional cars, Rimac's investment in and focus on electric batteries is expected to generate large profits.
In 2017, Rimac Automobili featured on the annual Deloitte list of the 50 fastest growing technological firms in the Central Europe.
Eurofound (2018), Rimac Automobili, Business expansion in Croatia, factsheet number 92951, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92951.
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