Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Jihozapad; Plzensky;
Location of affected unit(s)
Plzeň
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles

700 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
7 February 2008
Employment effect (start)
7 February 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008

Description

Škoda Holding, Czech traditional engineering company operating in power and transport industry, has announced that it is to create 700 new jobs at its plant in Plzeň in 2008. The company with 2,900 employees is facing a shortage of skilled workers in the Czech Republic and is in the process of recruiting foreign workers from Russia, Ukraine and Vietnam.


Sources

  • 7 February 2008: Hospodárske noviny

Citation

Eurofound (2008), Å koda Holding, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 66270, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66270.