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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
28 May 2020
Employment effect (start)
28 May 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
The Polish producer of automotive components Spinko announced that it will cut 200 positions throughout a collective dismissal programme at its production facility in Leszno. The programme is related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was registered by the company at the local employment agency in Leszno.
Spinko has been operating since 1950; the company produces pressure castings in aluminium alloys and precise machining of aluminium and cast iron castings for the automotive industry. Spinko has two factories in Poland: Leszno and Zielona Góra. Currently, the company employs 700 people at the Leszno factory.
Eurofound (2020), Spinko, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 100824, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/100824.
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