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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25.6 - Treatment and coating of metals; machining
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 November 2020
Employment effect (start)
31 March 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
US-based global provider of galvanizing, welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly engineered services AZZ Specialty Weld Europe, a subsidiary of AZZ Inc., announced that it will create 300 jobs at its manufacturing and warehouse complex in Radom. The 12,800 square meter unit will be built as a BTS project by Panttoni and it is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2021. The entire building will be BREEAM-certified with a ‘Very Good’ rating.
AZZ Inc. has been operating for over 60 years; it provides its services to the power generation, transmission, distribution and industrial markets. AZZ has over 60 units located across four continents.
Eurofound (2020), AZZ Specialty Weld Europe, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 102634, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/102634.
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