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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.50 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 December 2015
Employment effect (start)
15 December 2015
Foreseen end date
31 March 2016
Description
In December 2015, US Medline Company opened its new unit, the Medline Assembly Slovakia, in the reconstructed premises of the Kord Slovakia Company in Banovce nad Bebravou, creating 100 jobs in the coming months The international producer of medical devices and aids initially created 35 new jobs at the unit. In the initial stages, the Company plans to invest €1.6 million and employ up to 100 people by March - April 2016. If the business runs according to plan, the number of employees should expand to 200-300 people.
Sources
17 December 2015: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Medline Assembly Slovakia, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 86082, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86082.
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