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Manufacturing (24 - 25) Manufacture of metals 25.1 - Manufacture of structural metal products 25.12 - Manufacture of doors and windows of metal
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 March 2022
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2022
Foreseen end date
1 March 2024
Description
Internorm, an Austrian manufacturer of doors and windows, has announced that it will create 200 new jobs at the company's site in Traun over the next two years. During this time, the company will invest €160 million in the expansion of production capacities, product innovations and digitalisation.
In 2021, the company's turnover increased by 14 per cent to a total of €421 million. CEO Johann Brandstetter names the increasing demand for living comfort as well as the increasing demand for energy-efficient products to be the reasons for success.
Eurofound (2022), Internorm, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 106378, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/106378.
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