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Manufacturing (24 - 25) Manufacture of metals 25.3 - Manufacture of weapons and ammunition 25.30 - Manufacture of weapons and ammunition
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 August 2023
Employment effect (start)
29 August 2023
Foreseen end date
Description
PSO Maskpol, a manufacturer of uniforms and other military products, has opened a factory in Częstochowa, where it will employ 250 people. The PSO Maskpol manufactures ballistic protection products: helmets and bulletproof vests; anti-chemical protection products: gas masks, protective clothing and decontamination equipment, as well as preventive protection products (shields, truncheons, anti-hit clothing).
The company opened the new factory in connection with its plans to expand capacity related to increased demand from the Polish Armed Forces. The factory opened on 29 September and will employ production workers to work on uniforms and other military personal protection items.
PSO Maskpol has been on the market for 55 years and is part of the Polish Armed Forces Group.
Eurofound (2023), PSO Maskpol, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 200272, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/200272.