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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22 - Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
210 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 September 2006
Employment effect (start)
30 September 2007
Foreseen end date
Description
Spanish Elastrosa Company will establish a subsidiary in Southern Slovakia. The company management decided for a greenfield investment in a value of SKK 130 million. The new plant will produce rubber semi-products, e.g. different sealings, also for the automotive industry. The company management plans to employ 210 employees there (the first 60 employees will be hired within one year). According to the chair of local municipality, František Moravec, the planned production is based on ecological technology and will not damage the environment.
Sources
5 September 2006: SME
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Elastrosa Slovakia, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 64028, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64028.
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