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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.13 - Manufacture of other pumps and compressors
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 November 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Tokheim UK, a manufacturer of fuel pumps, has announced plans to create 140 new jobs at its site in Dundee. One hundred of the new jobs will be full time, permanent positions. The company currently employs around 500 staff; when the new jobs are added the staff number will be at its highest level since the company started operating in 1983. Tokheim is part of the Dover group and will officially rebrand in a few weeks as Dover Fueling Solutions UK. The new jobs will help the company meet increased demand for its products including products for other divisions within the Dover group.
Sources
1 November 2017: Dundee Evening Telegraph
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Tokheim UK, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 92457, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92457.
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