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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 September 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
1 June 2016
Description
BWI, Chinese manufacturer of shock-absorbers for vehicles, has began the construction of a new factory at Panattoni Park in the city of Cheb and plans to create 300 jobs there. The new factory could be in operation from mid-2016. Recruitment of employees is already underway and the highest positions have been filled. Recruitment of production workers should start at the beginning of 2016. At its new factory in Cheb, BWI will produce passive shock absorbers for higher-class vehicles from car-makers including BMW, Volvo, Audi, Opel and Jaguar Land Rover.
Sources
24 September 2015: CzechInvest
Citation
Eurofound (2015), BWI, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 84955, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84955.
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