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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.2 - Manufacture of plastic products
30 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
24 March 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Slovenian family company Plastika Skaza, located in Velenje (Savinjska region), is going to hire 30 new workers in 2017 as a result of an increase in production due to new orders from electrics and automotive industry. Plastika Skaza is a manufacturer of various plastic products for furniture, electrics, automotive industry and household equipment. The company, which currently employs 307 workers, will mainly hire specialists in information technology because it plans to make the factory more digital.
Sources
23 March 2017: Finance, Mateja Bertoncelj, Kaj je poganjalo lansko rast Skaze?
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Plastika Skaza, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 90629, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90629.
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