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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.2 - Manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 October 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
German car maker Volkswagen is to create 500 new jobs at its new vehicle bodywork production facilities in Bratislava. As reported, by the end of 2015 the site will be ready to participate in the manufacturing of SUV Bentley models. The €600 million expansion plan involves also the installment of about 1,000 robots.
Sources
24 October 2014: TERAZ.SK
24 October 2014: SME
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Volkswagen Slovakia, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 77840, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77840.
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