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 27.9 - Manufacture of other electrical equipment 27.9 - Manufacture of other electrical equipment
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 September 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Leyard Europe, a subsidiary of Chinese Leyard Shenzhen Opto Electronics, is about to expand its business in Slovakia. The company produces electronic components and employs today 60 workersin Slovakia. The company plans to invest more than €7 million euro to establish a factory producing electronic components in Presov. The Investment is planned in two stages. In 2016, the company is to invest €3 million and create 100 new jobs. In the second stage additional 200 new jobs would be created.
Sources
2 September 2015: Pravda
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Leyard Europe, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 84780, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/84780.
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