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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 April 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
The aircraft producer Aleia has announced the creation of approximately 100 new jobs by the end of 2011 by developing a new unit for the design and production of ultralight planes and jet planes in Covilhã with an investment of EUR 10 million. The new unit is expected to be operational in 2009. Aleia is a joint venture between DynAéro (a French producer of light planes already established in Ponte Sor in Portugal) EquipAéro (a French manufacturer of aeronautic equipment with its headquarters in Toulouse), Spinworks (a Portuguese centre of aeronautic studies based in Lisbon) and Plasdan (a Portuguese producer of moulds based in Marinha Grande). A close collaboration with Beira University (UBI) is also foreseen.
Sources
15 April 2008: Público
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Aleia, Merger/Acquisition in Portugal, factsheet number 66544, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66544.
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