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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
260 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 September 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2010
Foreseen end date
1 September 2010
Description
Iskra Avtoelektrika, a manufacturer of alternators, starter motors and other products for the automotive industry, has hired 260 new employees since the beginning of 2010 for its site in Šempeter pri Gorici. The new employees have been granted fixed term contracts. The company experienced massive layoffs in 2008 and 2009 (see factsheet ID 14136), but the business upswing has allowed them to begin rebuilding their workforce.
Sources
4 September 2010: Delo
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Iskra Avtoelektrika, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 70945, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70945.
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