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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
350 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
The American company Chassix, the leading global manufacturer of aluminium and iron cast and machined chassis sub-frame automotive components, is to build a new plant in Ostrava and create up to 350 new jobs. The new plant, which will be the Chassix´s first foundry for aluminium chassis for passenger cars in Europe, is to start operation at the beginning of 2018. The total investment of Chassix stands at EUR 46.51million.
Globally, Chassix has 24 factories in seven countries and employs 4,500 people.Â
Sources
16 March 2017: Hospodárske noviny
17 March 2017: CzechInvest
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Chassix, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 90576, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90576.
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