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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 August 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2009
Foreseen end date
Description
The Spanish metallo-mechanics robotics and foundry company Afenisa, announced that it will be opening a production’s unit of components in Abrantes with a total of 250 jobs created by 2009, mainly as regional labour force. The town’s councilor of Abrantes responsible for the economic development of the town, informed that the municipality offered an area of 330 square meters at a lower price in order to motivate investment in the area. The municipality considers the value of the sale as symbolic, considering the scale of this project.
Sources
18 August 2008: Diário Económico
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Afenisa, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 67036, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67036.
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