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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 May 2018
Employment effect (start)
17 May 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
The Swedish Autoneum, manufacturers of automotive carpets and insulators, has opened its first Hungarian plant in Komárom. The company announced that it will create 150 jobs by the time the factory reaches full capacity. First the Hungarian plant will produce carpets for a German automobile factory and noise insulation for a British manufacturer.
Komárom is the 6th location of Autoneum in Eastern Europe, with three plants (Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic) and a development center in the Czech Republic.
Autoneum is listed on the Swiss Exchange (SIX) and it is present in 25 countries. Almost 12,000 worker are employed by the company. Its net sales exceeded 2.2 billion Swiss francs (€1.90 billion) in 2017.
Sources
17 May 2018: Portfolio.hu
17 May 2018: http://sziakomarom.sk
17 May 2018: hrportal.hu
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Autoneum, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 94193, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94193.
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