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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.4 - Manufacture of electric lighting equipment
80 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 April 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Szarvasi Vas- Fémipari, a Hungarian industrial and commercial enterprise with 420 employees has announced a plan to hire 80 new employees by 2019. There will be graduates among the new staff members. They have already hired 120 new employees. The company invested about EUR 6.5 million in renovating the plant, purchasing new machines, and introducing new technologies (automation and robotisation).
The company is Hungary's largest lamp and lighting manufacturer, it also manufactures coffee makers. They will be the exclusive manufacturer of one of the IKEA's lamp family.
Sources
3 April 2018: mfor.hu
3 April 2018: ado.hu
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Szarvasi Vas-Fémipari, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 93766, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93766.
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