VPK Packaging Group

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion południowo-zachodni; Opolskie; Nyski
Location of affected unit(s)
Brzeg
Sector
Manufacturing
(16 - 17) Manufacture of wood and paper materials
17.2 - Manufacture of articles of paper and paperboard
17.21 - Manufacture of corrugated paper, paperboard and containers of paper and paperboard
180 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
25 June 2021
Employment effect (start)
25 June 2021
Foreseen end date

Description

The Belgian packaging manufacturer VPK Packaging Group has announced that it will create 180 jobs at its new production facility in Brzeg. The factory, which is located in the Special Economic Zone in Skarbimierz, was officially launched on 25 June 2021. The company has just hired 120 employees and it will recruit another 60. The unit, with an area of 22,000 square meters, is fully automated.

VPK Group has been operating since 1935. The company has 65 factories in 20 countries worldwide. In Poland, the group has its units in five locations: Brzeg, Radomsko, Sosnowiec, Września and Świecko.

Sources

  • 25 June 2021: Strefa Biznesu (nto.pl)

Citation

Eurofound (2021), VPK Packaging Group, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105070, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/105070.