Type
Business expansion
Country
Slovakia
Region
Vychodne Slovensko; Presovsky kraj;
Location of affected unit(s)
Petrovany
Sector
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
Job creation
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.