Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Severozapad; Karlovarsky;
Location of affected unit(s)
Ostrov
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles

500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
16 May 2016
Employment effect (start)
13 May 2016
Foreseen end date

Description

Germany-based automotive supplier Witte Automotive is to create up to 500 new jobs with the opening of a new site in Ostrov on 13 May 2016. The plant, which makes outer door handles, currently employs 100 people.

The second production site (besides the Nejdek plant) in the Czech Republic with an investment of EUR 50 million represents the largest investment in the company’s history.

The integrated site comprises 30,000 square meters where it combines several production steps: plastic injection molding, paint shop and assembly shop. This advanced coating technology is unique in the world. 


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2016), Witte Automotive, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 87520, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87520.