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 Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Wood And Of Products Of Wood And Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture Of Articles Of Straw And Plaiting Materials 16.22 - Manufacture of assembled parquet floors
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 June 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2018
Foreseen end date
29 June 2018
Description
The Bauwerk Boen Group, a manufacturer of parquet floors, has announced that it will create 150 jobs in its new parquet flooring plant in ÄurÄ‘evac, Croatia. A total of €13 million has been invested in the plant's infrastructure, machinery and rehabilitation of existing buildings. In total, the parquet factory produces 1.1 million square m2 of parquet per year. Thus, the Croatian products are exported all over the world, and plans for the second phase are underway.
Sources
20 June 2018: Poslovni.hr
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Bauwerk Boen, Business expansion in Croatia, factsheet number 94419, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94419.
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