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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.2 - Manufacture of plastic products
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 May 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
The Hungarian plastic manufacturer Jász-Plasztik is to create 100 jobs in a new hall in Nagyréde, Hungary. The company plans to open a an egg-box production hall that will be operational with 30 new employees this autumn. In the long run the plant will employ 100 people.
The company will recycle PET bottles at the 9,800 m2 site and all its products are planned for export. The company based in Jászberény, produces thermal batteries, batteries, paints, insulation materials, household cleaners, and injection molded products used vehicle sales and provide logistics services.
The company employs around 2,400 people in Hungary, and another 2,600 in Romania and Slovakia altogether.
For information on a previously announced restructuring see Jász-Plasztik-2012.
Sources
30 May 2013: HR Portal
30 May 2013: Index
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Jász-Plasztik, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 75481, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75481.
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