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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
2,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 June 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2006
Description
Mobis Slovakia Company, which is the main subcontractor of Kia Motors subsidiary in Slovakia, started trial production last week. The company will deliver around 40% of the components and aggregates for cars produced in Kia Motors Slovakia plant in Žilina. It is assumed that full production in Mobis Slovakia will start by the end of the year 2006 when the number of employees in the plant would be 2,000. According to the available information from the management, total number of employees would further increase up to 3,000 in 2009.
Sources
19 June 2006: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Mobis Slovakia, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 63657, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63657.