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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
230 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
31 January 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Spanish car components manufacturer Gestamp plans to open a new factory in Nitra, Slovakia, in mid-2018. An investment of over €133 million will create 230 new jobs at the site. The new factory will specialise in aluminium components for automotive industry. Initially, it will supply Jaguar Land Rover's new plant in Nitra, but there are plans for cooperation with other car manufacturers as well. The company operates 102 factories in 21 countries and as of December 2016 it employed over 36,000 people.
Sources
31 January 2018: Webnoviny.sk
12 January 2018: Pravda
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Gestamp, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 93218, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93218.
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