Type
Business expansion
Country
Austria
Region
Südösterreich; Kärnten; Klagenfurt-Villach
Location of affected unit(s)
Klagenfurt
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles

150 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
14 June 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2007
Foreseen end date

Description

The governor of Carinthia, Jörg Haider, and the CEO of Magna Steyr, Siegfried Wolf, announced at a joint press conference held on 14 June 2005 that a new Magna site will be built in Klagenfurt, the capital of Carinthia. Magna Steyr is Austria’s largest company in the automotive supplier industry, employing some 11,000 workers at 20 plants. The construction of the new production premises will start in spring 2006 and be finished in the course of 2007, when in between 150 and 200 additional workers are planned to be hired. The plant will be specialised in the production of electronic equipment for motor vehicles, in particular of that related to the electronic steering of seats and outside rear-view mirrors.


Sources

  • 14 June 2005: Wirtschaftsblatt

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Magna Steyr, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 61825, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61825.