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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 August 2011
Employment effect (start)
7 August 2011
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
On 7 August 2011, the German car supplier Boysen announced the creation of 100 new jobs in 2011. Boysen manufactures exhaust systems, converters and filters. The company intends to built four new plants between 2012 and 2013 (Germany, USA, South Africa and China). The biggest investment will be made into the construction of a site in Altensteig, worth some 40 million euro. Boysen currently employs 1,800 staff.
Sources
8 August 2011: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Boysen, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 72266, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72266.
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