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.
The German fire engines company Ziegler has created a total of 120 new jobs at its newly opened plant in Kutina, Croatia. Ziegler newly opened plant is the second Ziegler plant in Croatia and will only work on special orders vehicles. Each vehicle will be a separate project. Additionally, components for other plants around the world will be manufactured in Kutina.
Ziegler has been established in Zagreb in 2000 as a subsidiary of the German company Albert Ziegler GmbH. Manufactured fire engines for aero-ports and chemical plants will mainly be exported to Germany, China, Netherlands, Romania, Turkey, Pakistan, Vietnam and other countries. Ziegler Group became operating as part of the China International Marine Containers in 2012. It is a corporation specialised in logistic and energetic solutions.
Eurofound (2018), Ziegler, Business expansion in Croatia, factsheet number 95724, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/95724.
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