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Manufacturing (24 - 25) Manufacture of metals 24 - Manufacture of basic metals 24 - Manufacture of basic metals
40 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 June 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2014
Foreseen end date
1 December 2015
Description
Comital Lamalu is an Italian company that produces aluminium. The company was created when Comital split into Comital Lamalu and Cuki Group SpA, which specialises in food packaging. Thanks to investment from Franco-Belgian industrial group AEDI, Comital Lamalu has invested €20 million in order to upgrade its plant in Volpiano (Piemonte, Italy), and backshore production of aluminium from a plant located in Sweden. Production in Volpiano has increased by 20% to date, which has led to the creation of 40 new jobs.
Sources
13 June 2014: Il Sole 24 Ore
30 September 2015: La Sentinella del Canavese
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Comital Lamalu, Reshoring in Italy, factsheet number 196, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/196.