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.
Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 27.2 - Manufacture of batteries and accumulators 27.20 - Manufacture of batteries and accumulators
1,200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 September 2020
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
Magna Energy Storage (M.E.S.), a Czech joint-stock company, has officially opened a new plant for the production of high-capacity batteries in the František industrial zone in Horní Suchá near the city of Havířov and plans to employ between 1,200 and 1,500 people in the horizon of five years. One of the most environmentally friendly and modern factories in the world for the production of unique Czech HE3DA batteries is to start commercial production at the beginning of 2021. The factory will create large energy repositories for companies, but also smaller ones for households. The construction and technology of the factory cost approximately CZK 1.4 billion (EUR 52 million).
Eurofound (2020), Magna Energy Storage (M.E.S.), Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 101817, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/101817.
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