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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 September 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
Valmet Automotive, a Finnish car manufacturer, is seeking to expand the workforce of its Uusikaupunki factory by about 200 persons.
The Uusikaupunki factory was originally founded in 1968 to build Saab automobiles. It has since produced various brand of cars for a period of time, most recently Porsches, and is now building Fisker Karma hybrid cars for Fisker Automotive. The production numbers of Fisker Karma are increasing. The Uusikaupunki plant is the only factory in Finland producing passenger cars.
Sources
12 September 2011: Helsingin Sanomat
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Valmet Automotive, Business expansion in Finland, factsheet number 72374, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72374.
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