The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
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
280 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 July 2007
Employment effect (start)
25 July 2007
Foreseen end date
Description
OKULA Nýrsko, a Czech firm that primarily produces spectacle rims, is to open a new assembly hall for the production of plastic materials for the electro-technical and automobile sectors that will create 280 new jobs. The new hall will be based at the firm’s existing Nýrsko site, at which 470 are currently employed. The new hall will commence production on 25th July 2007. OKULA Nýrsko is also renowned for employing a significant amount of immigrant workers. The firm faces a shortage of skilled workers within the Czech Republic and subsequently employs approximately 150 agency workers from Slovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Vietnam.
Sources
25 July 2007: Právo
1 October 2007: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2007), OKULA Nýrsko, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 65882, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65882.
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