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Manufacturing (16 - 17) Manufacture of wood and paper materials 16.2 - Manufacture of products of wood, cork, straw and plaiting materials 16.21 - Manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 June 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2006
Foreseen end date
Description
Luxembourgian Skipper Investment Company establishes a new production unit in Slovakia – Slovincom Company in Hurbanovo. The new greenfield investment in amount of around SKK 300 million will produce different plywood boards for construction. According to the representative of Skipper Investment in Slovakia Ms Karin Volkova, the start of trial production is assumed in the plant in autumn 2006 when the company would hire around 100 employees. The company's business plan assumes an annual turnover of the plant in amount of SKK 250 million.
Sources
20 June 2006: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Slovincom, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 63658, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63658.
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