Type
Business expansion
Country
Croatia
Region
Hrvatska; Jadranska Hrvatska; Istarska županija
Location of affected unit(s)
Kanfanar, Rovinj
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Tobacco Products
Manufacture Of Tobacco Products
12.00 - Manufacture of tobacco products

100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
17 May 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2018
Foreseen end date
28 September 2018

Description

British American Tobacco (BAT) will employ 100 experts in Croatia as part of a global team for technologically innovative new generations of tobacco products. BAT continues to invest and hire in Croatia, notably in the tobacco product factory in Kanfanar, which produced 10 billion cigarettes last year. The group will invest 45 million euro by the end of 2018, and it plans to increase storage capacities in Kanfanar. Over the past two and a half years, BAT has increased their number of Croatian employees by 7%. The group employs 1,700 employees in the country.


Sources

  • 17 May 2018: Poslovni.hr

Citation

Eurofound (2018), British American Tobacco (BAT), Business expansion in Croatia, factsheet number 94008, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94008.