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Manufacturing (32) Other manufacturing 32.9 - Manufacturing n.e.c. 32.99 - Other manufacturing n.e.c.
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 September 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
The German family owned company Kärcher, which produces cleaning equipment and full cleaning systems, plans to employ about 100 workers at its new site Modletice near Prague. The site is scheduled to start operation in summer 2018.
The building with an investment of CZK 150 million (EUR 5.7 million), will also include a shop and showrooms. It will be connected to a logistics center for Central Europe.
Kärcher currently employs 70 workers in the Czech Republic.
The Kärcher production program includes high-pressure cleaners, vacuum cleaners, dry ice blasting machines, steam cleaners, sweeping and vacuuming machines.
Globally, Kärcher operates in 65 countries and employs 11,862 people.
Sources
4 September 2017: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Kärcher, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 91849, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/91849.
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