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 Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Wood And Of Products Of Wood And Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture Of Articles Of Straw And Plaiting Materials 16.23 - Manufacture of other builders\' carpentry and joinery
170 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 February 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Finnish manufacturer of doors, Kaskipuu, is to build a window-factory close to its door-factory in Vitasaarii, Finland, resulting in 70-90 new job positions at the factory with a further 80 new positions in the sales division distributed across Finland and 30-40 new employees working with installation. In total Kaskipuu will invest €12 million by the end of 2016 and 170-200 new employees will be hired across Finland. According to Kaskipuu, the new window-factory will be one of the largest ones of its kind in the Nordic countries.
Sources
2 February 2016: Hufvudstadsbladet (HBL)
2 February 2016: Talouselämä
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Kaskipuu, Business expansion in Finland, factsheet number 86450, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86450.
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