Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
Danish capital company Dovista engaged in manufacturing of doors and windows is to create 393 new jobs in Marijampole by the end of 2020. On 23 October 2018, the company will officially open a new manufacturing plant in Marijampole free economic zone. According to the management, the number of employees in the company should grow to 250 by the end of 2018, and should reach 500 in the next few years. Dovista has already employed 107 employees.
The company belongs to Dovista group which consists of nine independent brands and has a total of 4,000 employees who manufacture doors and windows in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Great Britain, Germany, Ireland and Poland.
Eurofound (2018), Dovista, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 95651, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/95651.
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