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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.24 - Manufacture of power-driven hand tools
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
31 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Husqvarna Group is expanding in Husqvarna hiring an additional 100 new employees in its new Edge Factory. 50 of the new employees will be hired in the production management and development unit. The Edge Factory is, among other things, producing chains for Husqvarna chainsaws. Chains were previously bought from sub-contractors. In addition to the production of chains and bars for chainsaws, the expansion is due to increased demand on hand held battery operated tools and robotic lawn mowers.
Before the last announced expansion, a few hundred employees were recruited in the factory during 2016. Production in the factory is primarily carried out by robots, reason why the new jobs are skill-intense and demand knowledge of automation processes.
Husqvarna Group has approximately 14,000 employees in total.
Sources
31 March 2017: Jönköpingsposten
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Husqvarna Group, Business expansion in Sweden, factsheet number 90688, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90688.
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