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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
1,100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 December 2017
Employment effect (start)
14 December 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Hungarian-owned Inter Traction Electrics Kft. opened its new education, research and development centre in Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar county which will create 250-300 new jobs.
The inauguration was held in conjunction with the unveiling of the 'Reform 500' bus model, developed by the company in cooperation with Daimler-owned EvoBus.
The new Debrecen facility is part of a EUR 70 million (HUF 21.65 billion) investment, and the soon-to-be constructed 150,000 square metres production plant, projected to manufacture 1,000 buses annually, will employ a further 800 people.
Sources
14 December 2017: Hirado.hu
15 December 2017: hvg.hu
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Inter Traction Electrics, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 92923, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92923.
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