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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.20 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 January 2022
Employment effect (start)
21 January 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
French railway manufacturer Alstom has announced that it will create 300 new jobs at its units across Poland by 2022. The company plans to hire engineers, electricians, welders, lacquerers, sanders, and railway traffic control specialists. The recruitment process is part of a global business expansion that aims to employ 7,500 people worldwide.
Alstom operates in 70 countries and globally employs over 70,000 people. In Poland the company employs over 4,000 people at eight units located in Katowice, Wrocław, Łódź, Warsaw, Toruń, and Piaseczno. Poland represents the company’s headquarters for Central and Eastern Europe.
Eurofound (2022), Alstom, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 106253, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106253.
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