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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Leather And Related Products 15.12 - Manufacture of luggage, handbags and the like, saddlery and harness
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 September 2017
Employment effect (start)
21 September 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Belgium-based American luggage manufacturer and retailer Samsonite is opening its second assembly plant in Hungary, in Szekszárd, creating around 100 jobs.
The state-of-the-art 20,000 square meter facility is entirely managed by software and hot water will be produced with solar energy. Samsonite's investment is supported by a HUF 889 million (EUR 2.85 million) state grant, with a further HUF 2.5 billion (EUR 8 million) set aside for the industrial park and another HUF 3 billion (EUR 9.6 million) for the connecting road system. In addition, with an investment of  HUF 2 billion (EUR 6.4 million) Samsonite will also open a training centre for the employees.
Sources
21 September 2017: vg.hu
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Samsonite, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 92208, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92208.
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