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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23 - Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 July 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2008
Foreseen end date
Description
German Leier Baustoffe Group, has announced the creation of 100 new jobs by establishing its subsidiary for the production of bricks - Leier Baustoffe SK - in Petrovany nearby Prešov. This new greenfield investment is worth about SKK 450 million (EUR 14.9 million). More than half of the new jobs will be for low qualified employees in a region with high unemployment rate. The new factory is expected to be operational in October 2008 with full production capacity of 160 million bricks per year.
Sources
21 July 2008: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Leier Baustoffe SK, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 66972, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66972.
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