AGC Automotive

Type
Business expansion
Country
Hungary
Region
Dunántúl; Közép-Dunántúl; Komárom-Esztergom
Location of affected unit(s)
Tatabánya
Sector
Manufacturing
(22 - 23) Manufacture of rubber, plastic and non-metallic minerals
23 - Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
23 - Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
10 May 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2005
Foreseen end date

Description

AGC Automotive Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Asahi Glass is to start building a new automotive plant at the Tatabánya industrial park in Hungary. The new plant is dedicated to automotive safety glazing production. Production is planned to start in autumn 2005, the new plant will hire 200 people. In December 2004, AGC automotive had announced a restructuring of its Belgian plant with the loss of 250 jobs.

Sources

  • 10 May 2005: Népszabadság

Citation

Eurofound (2005), AGC Automotive, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 61553, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61553.