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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.20 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 September 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
DACO-CZ, a leading manufacturer of pneumatic, electromechanical and hydraulic brake systems for railway rolling stock, has launched the production of wagons in the city of Louny where it plans to recruit 100 new employees by the end of 2019. The production takes place on the premises of the Heavy Machinery Services (HMS) group that went bankrupt in June 2019. By the end of the year, DACO-CZ plans to have more than 100 rail vehicles manufactured and developed for customers from Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland.
DAKO-CZ currently employs some 70 people at the Louny site working on repairs of wagons. According to the company, the demand for repair and maintenance of rail wagons is high.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2019), DACO-CZ, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 98606, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98606.
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