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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 July 2020
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
Germany-based KION Group, a worldwide leading producer of forklifts, warehouse equipment and industrial lorries, announced that it will create up to 150 jobs following the opening of a new plant in Kołbaskowo, near Szczecin, in spring 2021. The new facility will have a research and development centre as well as office space, with an area of 44,000 square metres. The centre has been built in compliance with the most stringent environmental protection guidelines; the location is strategically located near the German capital.
Eurofound (2020), KION Group, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 101293, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101293.
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