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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.20 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
12 October 2019
Description
Bombardier Transportation CR, a subsidiary of a Canadian airplane and train manufacturer, is expanding its train production at its Czech plant and plans to create 800 new jobs within the next two years. According to the company's website, the recruitment of new employees is underway. At present, the company with its current 920 staff focuses on the production of passenger trains for French railways. The firm has also signed contracts for the supply of trains to Belgium and Austria by 2020. All production of the Czech company is exported.
Sources
12 October 2017: České noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Bombardier Transportation CR, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 92278, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92278.
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