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 (22 - 23) Manufacture of rubber, plastic and non-metallic minerals 22.1 - Manufacture of rubber products 22.11 - Manufacture, retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres and manufacture of tubes
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
South Korean company Nexen Tire, a world's tire manufacturer, has launched its first recruitment campaign in order to employ 500 workers at its new state-of-the-art plant in the Triangle industrial zone near the city of Žatec by the end of 2018. More than 1,000 people have shown interest in the campaign. The new production plant will be the company's first factory in Europe where up to 1,500 people will find a job in the coming years.
Sources
6 March 2018: Právo - severozápadní Čechy (www.právo.cz)
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Nexen Tire, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 93650, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/93650.
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