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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.99 - Other manufacturing n.e.c.
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 October 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 April 2017
Description
Woodworking company Holzindustrie Chanovice is to create 150 new jobs within six months. The Austrian group Pfeifer, who took over the company in August 2016, is to invest roughly EUR 35 million into business development in Chanovice . The company needs workers in wood processing for the production of plates, truck drivers and loaders, cutters and people in handling area. If someone from the current staff will bring a new employee, they get both a recruitment allowance CZK 6 000 (EUR 222).
Holzindustrie Chanovice is the largest employer in the region, with 400 staff members.
Globally, the company employs 1,800 people at 8 sites in 3 countries. Annual group turnover is around EUR 600 million.
Sources
20 October 2016: E15
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Holzindustrie Chanovice, Merger/Acquisition in Czechia, factsheet number 89092, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89092.
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