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 (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.2 - Manufacture of bodies and coachwork for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers 29.2 - Manufacture of bodies and coachwork for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 September 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Johnson Controls operates in Slovakia since 1993 and from 1998 it produces car seats for Volkswagen Corporation. The company management decided to establish a research and development centre in Trenčín, where 60 engineers will find their job already in October 2004. It is planned to employ up to 600 employees there in the next years.
Sources
25 September 2004: SME
21 September 2004: Hospodárske noviny
21 September 2004: Pravda
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Johnson Controls, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 60629, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60629.
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