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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25.12 - Manufacture Of Doors And Windows Of Metal
3,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 March 2024
Employment effect (start)
4 March 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
Eko-Okna, a window manufacturer, will open a factory in Kędzierzyn-Koźle, where it will employ 1000 people by the end of 2024 and a total of 3000 once fully operational. The new factory, the company's third plant, joins existing plants in Kornice and Wodzisław Śląski (recently opened) and includes production lines, warehouses and offices; the new facility will mainly produce woodwork. The first phase of recruitment is ongoing, aiming to employ 500 people initially, with an additional 500 by the end of 2024, culminating in 3000 employees once fully operational. The roles to be filled include primarily production line, technical, quality and service staff, transport, logistics, and factory operations staff, as well as office staff, machine and forklift operators. Eko-Okna S.A. is a Polish manufacturer of plastic building products based in Kornice, specialising in the production of PVC and aluminium window and door joinery. The company is the largest window manufacturer in Europe and employs 13,000 people. For the information on the opening of the Eko-Okna factory in Wodzisław Śląski, see: Eko-Okna-2024-PL
Eurofound (2024), Eko-okna, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 200926, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200926.
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