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.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 June 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
FC ecom, member of international fashion store Factcool Group, will create more than 100 new jobs in Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia. On 1 June 2019, the company opened the new central warehouse with an investment amounting almost to €12 million. According to the CEO of FC ecom, the warehouse is placed in a very good location with available workforce and good connection to the highway D1. With the new warehouse in Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Factcool Group plans to incrementally consolidate its activities in the Central and Eastern European market.
Eurofound (2019), FC ecom, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 97953, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97953.
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