Krones Hungary Kft.

Type
Business expansion
Country
Hungary
Region
Alföld és Észak; Észak-Alföld; Hajdú-Bihar
Location of affected unit(s)
Debrecen
Sector
Manufacturing
(28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment
28.2 - Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery
28.29 - Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery n.e.c.
500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
13 March 2019
Employment effect (start)
13 March 2019
Foreseen end date
30 September 2019

Description

Krones Hungary, a subsidiary of the leading European packaging and bottling machine manufacturer Krones AG, is building a new plant in the city of Debrecen. According to the plans, the production unit will begin its operation in September 2019.

By then, the company aims to hire 500 workers. To this end, the firm has launched a career and communication centre in the city and it has also established close links with the local university and vocational schools. The company is looking for CNC programmers, turners, milling machine operators, engineers, IT professionals, among others.

The Debrecen plant will be the first production facility of Krones AG outside Germany. The investment cost is roughly €48 million.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), Krones Hungary Kft., Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 97471, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/97471.