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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 July 2021
Employment effect (start)
15 July 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish drive engineering company Korpo has announced that it will create more than 100 jobs at its new production and warehouse facility in Białogard. The factory is expected to be operational in November 2021. The unit will comprise over 6,000 square meters of space and will produce gearboxes and transmission components for agricultural and construction machines, as well as forklifts. The factory will be located in the Białogard Invest Park. Currently, special training for some new staff are being provided at the company’s site in Jawor; in the fourth quarter of 2021, the company is to launch the recruitment process for production positions.
Eurofound (2021), Korpo, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105117, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105117.
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