Type
Business expansion
Country
Hungary
Region
Alfod es Eszak; Eszak-Magyarorszag; Heves
Location of affected unit(s)
Gyöngyöshalász
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products
Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products
22.11 - Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres

240 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
10 April 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015

Description

Indian-owned tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres is to create 975 new jobs at a new plant in Gyöngyöshalász (Hungary). About 240 jobs will be created in 2015. The recruitment for the new factory has started at the beginning of this year and the company has signed scholarship programmes with some 90 technicians to be employed as of 1 July 2015.  Another 150 technicians will be employed in the second half of the year. The production plant is expected to produce 5.5 million passenger car and light truck (PCLT) tyres and 675,000 heavy commercial vehicle (HCV) tyres per annum.


Sources

  • 10 April 2015: Hirado.hu
  • 10 April 2015: BBJ

Citation

Eurofound (2015), Apollo Tyres, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 79215, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79215.