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 Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 December 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Therma-Tru a door manufacturer at Treforest, near Pontypridd, is more than doubling its workforce with the creation of 150 jobs. A £7.5m investment in a new production plant will enable it to manufacture 250,000 doors every year for its Sentinel Doors firm. The project, backed by the Welsh Assembly government and the Welsh Development Agency, will begin in the new year. The plant, which currently employs 139 people, will also create a new research and development and technical facility. An additional 50 jobs will be created in other parts of the UK.
Sources
3 December 2004: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Therma Tru, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 60827, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60827.
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