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 Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.5 - Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation; watches and clocks
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 August 2015
Employment effect (start)
16 August 2015
Foreseen end date
16 August 2018
Description
The German company BMK, which produces electronic devices, is to create between 150 and 200 new jobs within three years. The company relocated its production to the Czech Republic and had built a plant on a greenfield site (Krupka, near the city of Teplice). 34 people are already employed there.The production of smart water and electricity meters has been recently launched at the site.
Sources
19 August 2015: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2015), BMK, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 84450, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84450.
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