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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; Stralsund; Kreisfreie Stadt
Location of affected unit(s)
Stralsund
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.1 - Building of ships and boats
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 June 2014
Employment effect (start)
28 May 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
German shipyard Volkswerft Stralsund is to create 250 jobs in 2014. The shipyard previously belonged to P+S Werften which filed for bankruptcy two years ago (see P+S Werften 2012).
On 1 June 2014, the Russian investor Witali Jussufow bought the company and currently Volkswerft Stralsund is part of the shipyard Nordic Yards. By now, 50 people work there. A big part of the new jobs shall be offered to former shipyard employees. The new owner also promised to create 500 jobs in total by the end of 2016.
Sources
2 June 2014: NDR.de
28 May 2014: Tagesspiegel
28 May 2014: Handelsblatt
28 May 2014: FAZ
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Volkswerft Stralsund, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 77139, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77139.
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