Type
Business expansion
Country
Spain
Region
Noreste; La Rioja;
Location of affected unit(s)
Fuenmayor
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products
Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment

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

Description

Solar panels producer Solaria is to create 700 jobs by the end of the year in its new Fuenmayor plant, with an investment of €80 million. The factory will become the main actor in the reindustrialization of La Rioja region, badly affected by the closing of the Electrolux plant three years ago.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2008), Solaria, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 66499, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66499.