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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.41 - Manufacture of metal forming machinery
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 September 2017
Employment effect (start)
29 December 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Truck equipment manufacturer Palfinger Productiontechnik Bulgaria plans to create 100 new jobs by the end of 2017 at the plant in Cherven bryag, which produces mechanical equipment for assembly of load-lifting cranes. This is the first plant of the company in Bulgaria which opened in 2000. In 2003 the company opened a second plant in Tenevo (Yambol district), which produces hydrocyclones.
With a global employee base of 10,000, the company operates several business centres and manufacturing sites across four continents.
Sources
4 September 2017: http://www.economy.bg
4 September 2017: http://www.mediapool.bg
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Palfinger Productiontechnik Bulgaria, Business expansion in Bulgaria, factsheet number 91892, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91892.
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