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 Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Wood And Of Products Of Wood And Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture Of Articles Of Straw And Plaiting Materials 16 - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2009
Foreseen end date
Description
Holding Less, a wood processing company, is to create up 300 new jobs with the construction of a new plant in Čáslav. The plant with an investment of CZK 1.8 billion will be the biggest wood processing facility in Europe. The production capacity is to double to 460,000 cubic metres per year.
Sources
16 February 2009: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Holding Less, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 68187, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68187.
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