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Manufacturing (20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 January 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Lek, a pharmaceutical company from Ljubljana and part of the Swiss-based Sandoz group, has announced that it is to create 300 new jobs with the development of a new factory for the packaging of pharmaceuticals in Lendava, in the North-East Slovenia. The construction will begin at the end of 2008 and the total investment is EUR 50 million. Lek has another pharmaceutical factory in Lendava, which employs approximately 300.
Sources
18 January 2008: Finance
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Lek, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 66207, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66207.
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