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 (16 - 17) Manufacture of wood and paper materials 16.1 - Sawmilling and planing of wood; processing and finishing of wood 16.1 - Sawmilling and planing of wood; processing and finishing of wood
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 October 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
Feldbacher Holzverarbeitungs, an Austrian firm, has announced that it is to create 300 new jobs in Levoča. The firm will establish a sawmill in Levoča. The new plant will involve an investment of approximately 1 billion SKK, and the jobs will be created by the end of 2010.
In June 2008, Feldbacher Company decided to cancel the investment in Slovakia due to insufficient available merchantable timber suppliers.
"Levoča prišla o miliardovú investíciu z Rakúska".
Sources
30 October 2007: Hospodárske noviny
24 June 2008: SME
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Feldbacher Slovakia, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 65989, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/65989.
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