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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.99 - Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 May 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2016
Foreseen end date
1 June 2018
Description
Edwards, a British manufacturer of vacuum equipment, plans to create up to 200 new jobs at its Brno site over the coming two years. At the first stage, starting on 1 June 2016, the company will recruit 100 people, mainly IT professionals and qualified accountants. The Brno site, which serves as a pan-European shared service centre, currently employs 160 workers.
In the Czech Republic, Edwards is operating a manufacturing plant in LutÃn (Olomouc region), which employs 600 people and its turnover reached CZK 6 billion (EUR 222 million) in 2015.
Edwards is a global manufacturer of pumps. The company employs about 4,200 people worldwide and in 2015 achieved revenues of almost EUR 1 billion.
Sources
20 May 2016: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Edwards, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 87565, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87565.
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