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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.5 - Manufacture of domestic appliances
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Miele technika, a subsidiary of the Germany-based Miele Group, is to expand its plant in UniÄov and to create about 200 new jobs during 2017. Miele will invest CZK 2.5 billion (EUR 92.5 million) into the production of home appliances, especially washers and dryers. The plant currently employs 1,500 workers. Production in UniÄov is the largest within the group outside Germany. Czech branch turnover amounted to CZK 8 billion (EUR 296 million) in 2016. Year on year, this represented an expansion of 13 %.
Globally, Miele employs 20,000 people and operates 12 manufacturing sites.
Sources
30 March 2017: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Miele technika, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 90621, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90621.
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