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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.92 - Manufacture of prepared pet foods
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 March 2023
Employment effect (start)
13 March 2023
Foreseen end date
Description
Mars has announced it will create 100 new jobs at its pet food plant in Błonie, Poland, after the installation of a second production line is completed. Worth over PLN 600 million, the investment in the plant created around 200 new jobs in 2022. The company has recently decided to make a further investment, which has lead to the newly launched recruitment campaign.
The wet pet food factory in Błonie is the multinational company's fifth production facility in Poland. The products manufactured in Błonie are sachets of the most popular Mars Petcare brands sold in Poland, the UK, France and Germany, among others.
Mars is an American corporation that manufactures and sells chocolate, ready meals, beverages, pet food, chewing gum and sugar confectionery. In Poland, Mars has been investing since 1992, contributing to the development of the economy and local communities.
The announcement for the Błonie plant has been recorded in the ERM database (Mars-2021-PL).
Eurofound (2023), Mars, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 108657, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/108657.
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