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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 April 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2006
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
Recently established Slovak-South Korean joint venture company Matador-Dong Won will start the trial production in July 2006. Matador-Dong Won will produce doorframes for cars produced by Hyundai/ KIA Motors Company in nearby Žilina. According to PR manager of Matador Company Dušan Koblišek, regular production is planned for the beginning of December 2006. Company management intends to create 200 new jobs there till the end of 2007.
Sources
25 April 2006: SME
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Matador Dong Won, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 63395, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63395.
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