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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.20 - Manufacture of batteries and accumulators
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 May 2017
Employment effect (start)
4 May 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
The Austrian family-owned company Banner, manufacturer of batteries, is investing €35 million in its production site in Leonding and Pasching (Upper Austria) creating 200 new jobs. In Pasching a new assembly line and a warehouse will be established, in Leonding the production site will be expanded. The company had to change initial expansion plans to create a second production site after opposition form local residents emerged fearing lead poisoning of the environment and demanded an impending environmental impact assessment which the company tried to avoid.
Sources
4 May 2017: OÖ Nachrichten
4 May 2017: orf online
10 May 2017: Tipps
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Banner, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 91080, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91080.
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