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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
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 January 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2006
Description
Swedish company Swep decided to invest €10 million in the quickly developing Kechnec industrial park on the eastern part of Slovakia. American Molex and Plastipack, Austrian Schelling and Kuenz, German Getrag Ford Transmissions and Belgian Gilbos already operate there. Kechnec industrial park is the biggest and most effective industrial park attracting foreign direct investors to Slovakia. Different business units in value of more than SKK 15 billions were established there till now.
Sources
30 January 2006: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Swep, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 62886, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62886.
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