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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 February 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2008
Foreseen end date
Description
Wittur, an Austrian engineering company, is going to expand it business to Slovakia and create about 120 jobs. Wittur management decided to establish its subsidiary in Krupina investing about € 4 million for a new plant producing components to lifts and escalators. The construction of the plant, covering about 38,000 square meters, will start in April 2008 and its completion is planned for November 2008.
Sources
26 February 2008: SME
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Wittur, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 66345, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66345.