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Manufacturing Manufacture of furniture Manufacture of furniture 31.00 - Manufacture of furniture
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 January 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2018
Foreseen end date
30 March 2018
Description
The furniture manufacturer Lesnina will employ 130 workers at its new site in Pula, and the construction work of the brand new centre is ready. Lesnina purchased almost four hectares of land between the towns of Pula and Vodnjan, for €1.33 million. The Pula-Vodnjan centre will be open for customers in April 2018. Lesnina's investment in Pula is worth a massive €20 million. In addition to the 130 new employees, the centre will employ another 80 on periodic basis.
Sources
24 January 2018: www.poslovni.hr
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Lesnina, Business expansion in Croatia, factsheet number 93121, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93121.
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