The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 27.4 - Manufacture of lighting equipment 27.4 - Manufacture of lighting equipment
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 February 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2015
Foreseen end date
1 February 2016
Description
Slovak LED lighting specialist Leader Light plans to start production of lighting in Krompachy in May 2015. As a result 130 new jobs will be created within the next 12 months. The company will offer the new positions to former workers of Panasonic, which is closing its plant in Krompachy making 650 employees redundant.
Sources
27 February 2015: Hospodárske noviny
10 March 2015: Spisska 24 Dnes 24
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Leader Light, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 79146, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/79146.
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