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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
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 March 2024
Employment effect (start)
26 March 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
Hydro Extrusions, a Polish aluminium manufacturer and subsidiary of the Norsk Hydro group, will employ 150 people at its factory in Łódź.
The recruitment is related to the Polish takeover of the production of the plant in Gloucester, UK, which will make the Łódź plant the largest producer in Poland of aluminium roof rails and window trims for Jaguar, Toyota, Volvo, Land Rover, Rolls-Royce and Scania cars. The company is currently looking for employees at all levels, from managers to production workers.
Hydro Extrusions is an industrial company that produces and processes aluminium. It currently has three production facilities in Poland, the plant in Łódź has been operating since 1999.
Eurofound (2024), Hydro Extrusions, Reshoring in Poland, factsheet number 201000, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201000.
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