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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31 - Manufacture of furniture
160 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 April 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
Slovakian company Stolárska výroba – Ján Jackuliak will establish its new production plant in LuÄenec. Different sorts of furniture will be produced there. Since the unemployment rate in South Slovakia is still very high, any new investment creating jobs is welcomed in this region. Around 160 new jobs will be created in the production plant until the end of 2007. Part of the production will be supplied to IKEA multinational chain and also to some customers in Denmark.
Sources
3 April 2007: SME
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Stolárska výroba - Ján Jackuliak, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 65197, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65197.
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