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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 September 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
The Japanese car manufacturer Toyota will invest 80 millions dollars in the research & development centre of Zaventem in Belgium which will create 250 new jobs in the next two years. The future Toyota technical centre will have a test track for development and new test equipments.
In Belgium, Toyota employs around 1,200 people.
Sources
5 September 2008: L'Echo
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Toyota, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 67152, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67152.