The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 August 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Eson is to establish a subsidiary in Partizánske where it will create 300 new jobs for the manufacture of components, mainly metal frames and stands for LCD TVs, principally for Sony Slovakia. The company, a subsidiary of the Taiwan company Eson, will take over the former ZDA shoe factory where workers will work in two shifts. The company intends to invest about 56 million euro by the end of 2009 as well as planning a radical employment increase. The company will also base its European headquarters at the Partizánske site.
"Sony má už ÄalÅ¡ieho subdodávateľa".
Sources
11 August 2008: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Eson Slovakia, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 66987, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66987.
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