Drutex

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion północny; Pomorskie; Słupski
Location of affected unit(s)
Bytów
Sector
Manufacturing
(22 - 23) Manufacture of rubber, plastic and non-metallic minerals
23.1 - Manufacture of glass and glass products
23.15 - Manufacture and processing of other glass, including technical glassware
400 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
25 May 2020
Employment effect (start)
25 May 2020
Foreseen end date

Description

The Polish producer of PCV windows Drutex has announced that it will create up to 400 additional jobs at its European Woodwork Centre (Europejskie Centrum Stolarki) in Bytów near Słupsk. The company is looking for production staff, industrial automation and electronic specialists, IT specialists, electricians as well as sellers. The restructuring event is associated with the construction of the next stage of the centre. The source reveals, the company invested over PLN 130 million (EUR 23,22 million as of 29 May 2020) in the project.

Drutex has been operating in Poland since 1985; currently, the company is the biggest manufacturer of PCV woodwork in Europe employing over 3,000 people. European Woodwork Centre in Bytów was launched in 2014.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2020), Drutex, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 100753, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/100753.