The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Ostösterreich; Niederösterreich; Wiener Umland/Südteil
Location of affected unit(s)
Wiener Neustadt
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.3 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 February 2019
Employment effect (start)
4 February 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
Diamond Aircraft, based in Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria), is expanding the manufacturing of light-weight aircrafts creating between 100 and 200 new jobs by the end of 2019. The company expects to be able to increase the annual production from currently 90 aircrafts to 200. New staff is not only required for production but also in research and development, the sales department and administration. Together with the Public Employment Service, Diamond Aircraft organised a public application day for potential new employees.
Eurofound (2019), Diamond Aircraft Austria, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 96641, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96641.
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