Industry, page 2

Development and investment in Slovak industry

U.S. Steel Košice will increase salaries of its employees as of June 2023.

Another U.S. Steel Košice strike alert over, workers will earn more

A new collective agreement being drafted by the trade union.

Production of iron in USSK

US Steel Košice welcomes €300 million from Recovery Plan, but needs more

Its decarbonisation plan based on installation of electric arc furnaces has a price tag exceeding €1 billion.

A miner walks to work in the Upper Nitra region.

Brown coal region halts mining, but funds for transformation are delayed

The first projects should have been launched last year.

Toblerone chocolate will be produced also in Slovakia.

Toblerone to drop Matterhorn as production partially moves to Bratislava

The Bratislava factory has advantageous location.

Mühlbauer in Nitra

Automotive business is not lucrative, but e-mobility is promising

Mühlbauer in Nitra produces tailor-made production technologies.

U.S. Steel Košice will increase salaries of its employees as of June 2023.

U.S. Steel Košice turns off one blast furnace and prepares for lay-offs

Rising energy prices make it hard for industry to plan for the future, says company.

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The Slovalco factory in Banská Bystrica Region.

Aluminium maker to lay off most of its staff, may close

Slovalco is Slovakia's only aluminium producer.

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Utilities authority proposes helping electricity intensive companies

The change should compensate companies for high electricity prices.

Martin Hojsík

Russia, not emission allowances, is to blame for electricity and gas prices

Gazprom is tightening the taps and gas prices are rising, claims MEP Martin Hojsík.

The new R&D center Hella Group opened in Bánovce nad Bebravou will employ up to 100 designers.

Slovak engineers will develop rear lights for cars

Hella Group is opening a development centre in western Slovakia

Weekend testing at PSA Groupe in Trnava

Production plants continue working after nationwide testing in Slovakia

Employers’ representatives call on the government to provide companies with testing kits and to set up testing sites where employers can test their employees.

The Bratislava plant of Volkswagen.

How many people were infected in Volkswagen or U.S. Steel? Top companies mostly remain silent

Biggest employers have introduced measures, they do not want to talk about possible layoffs.

The automotive industry is the driving force of industrial production in Slovakia.

Carmakers propelled Slovakia’s industry in June

Industrial production continues to recover.

The virus has postponed the completion of Stanica Nivy – a bus terminal and shopping centre.

BUSINESS FOCUS: Corona crisis bites real estate market, but it remains healthy

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, rental housing and best offices of 2019 are among the highlights of the latest Business Focus.

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Delayed government assistance put Slovakia’s competitiveness at risk

A study compares measures to combat the impact of the coronavirus crisis in seven European countries.

.S. Steel Košice is going through a difficult period in business.

U.S. Steel speeds up the reduction of staff

They are offering 18 salaries to older employees who decide to leave.

The Association of Industrial unions (APZ) said it would turn to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) over the government-approved measures.

Slovak industries to complain to UN labour agency over cabinet’s rash measures

The Slovak government is ignoring the 1976 International Labour Organisation convention, they say.

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Slovak industry keeps dropping

The industrial production decreased for the fifth consecutive month.

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