The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Basic Pharmaceutical Products And Pharmaceutical Preparations 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
107 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
19 October 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
US-based medical technologies firm Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BD) opened its new research reagent production facility in Tatabánya, Komárom-Esztergom county. Located in the Tatabánya industrial park, the HUF 6 billion (EUR 19.3 million) investment was supported by EU funds and state grants. The production facility will employ 107 workers by 2018 and half of the positions require graduate or postgraduate qualifications.
BD has been present in Hungary since 2008, and with the expansion of its Tatabánya plant employs more than 700 people, making it one of the company's biggest production bases.
Sources
19 October 2017: Napi.hu
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Becton Dickinson, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 92464, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92464.
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