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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 April 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
BENTELER Automotive, a Germany-based car parts producer, opened its fifth production plant at the end of 2017 in the Czech Republic. BENTELER employs about 300 people in its new plant and plans to hire an additional 100 jobs by the end of 2018. Production is focused on hot forming of steel parts, blanking, welding and laser-cutting for key customers such as Volvo, BMW or ŠKODA auto.
BENTELER Automotive has been operating in the Czech Republic for more than 20 years, employing 2,200 people in the country.
Sources
13 April 2018: CzechInvest
Citation
Eurofound (2018), BENTELER Automotive, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 93976, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93976.
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