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Slovenija; Vzhodna Slovenija; Jugovzhodna Slovenija
Location of affected unit(s)
Novo mesto
Sector
Manufacturing (20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 21.20 - Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 February 2019
Employment effect (start)
10 February 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
Krka from Novo Mesto, the leading generic pharmaceutical company worldwide, announced that the company plans to hire 300 workers this year. As the head of the personnel department explained, it is a regular annual extension of its production. In the past, the company increased its workforce by about 300 workers every year. At the end of 2018, it employed 4,673 people in Slovenia (predominantly at the location in Novo Mesto). Globally, the company employs more than 12,000 people.
Eurofound (2019), Krka, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 96735, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/96735.