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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 December 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
In the autumn of 2005, General Motors Polska will begin assembling a new model, the Opel Zafira, at its factory in Gliwice. The company expects to hire 1,000 new employees to meet the attendant labour needs. At present, General Motors Polska employs 2,000 workers and produces two models, the Agila and the Astra II.
Sources
7 December 2004: Gazeta Wyborcza
7 December 2004: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2004), General Motors, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 60866, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60866.