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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
50 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 March 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2009
Foreseen end date
31 March 2009
Description
Steklarska nova, a handmade glass factory, located in Rogaška Slatina, has recently dismissed 50 workers (40 of them from Romania) reducing the number of employees from 300 to 250. The company, which is based in the Savinjska region, makes all kinds of products from crystalline (coloured and clear): stemware and barware, giftware collection (vases, bowls, candlesticks, decanters, pitchers, doses, etc.), engraved cups, aware plates, unique items and limited hand made editions. Steklarska nova also produces some smaller quantities of full lead crystal.
Sources
31 March 2009: Delo
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Steklarska nova, Internal restructuring in Slovenia, factsheet number 68651, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68651.
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