Type
Business expansion
Country
Hungary
Region
Alfod es Eszak; Eszak-Alfold; Hajdu-Bihar
Location of affected unit(s)
Debrecen
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles

250 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
12 May 2017
Employment effect (start)
12 May 2017
Foreseen end date
1 January 2020

Description

German automotive parts manufacturer ThyssenKrupp is opening a new factory in the Northern Great Plain city Debrecen with a HUF 11 billion (EUR 35,6 million) greenfield investment. The new 18,000 square metre plant is planned to produce 6 million springs and stabilisers annually. The Debrecen facility will employ 250 people by 2020. ThyssenKrupp has already started hiring. The company is looking for highly trained workers and will provide further training to the employees in Hungary and also in Germany. ThyssenKrupp already employs around 1000 people in Hungary at its Budapest, Győr and Jászfényszaru facilities.


Sources

  • 12 May 2017: vg.hu

Citation

Eurofound (2017), ThyssenKrupp, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 91113, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91113.