Type
Bankruptcy
Country
Hungary
Region
Dunantul; Kozep-Dunantul; Veszprem
Location of affected unit(s)
Pápa
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products
Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment

120 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
11 December 2009
Employment effect (start)
11 December 2009
Foreseen end date
11 December 2009

Description

In December 2009, household appliance manufacturer Elekthermax Háztartási Készülékgyártó Kft closed its production facility in Pápa (Veszprém county) and all 120 employees lost their jobs.

In October 2008, the company was bought by Sani-Konzultant, a Moscow-based firm. The new owner's hope to turn the Hungarian facility into one of the major supplier of convectors for the Russian market vanished at the onset of the global downturn. Production stopped in February 2009 and the liquidation process was initiated in March. Although production resumed in the following months, it had to be stopped again due to continuing unfavourable market conditions. Selling the company failed in the liquidation process.


Sources

  • 11 December 2009: Index
  • 11 December 2009: Világgazdaság
  • : (www.vg.hu)

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Elekthermax Háztartási Készülékgyártó, Bankruptcy in Hungary, factsheet number 70111, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70111.