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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23 - Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 September 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
One of the largest foreign investors in Poland French Saint-Gobain Group invests €100 million in Upper Silesia (southern Poland) creating 200 new jobs. The Company builds a new flat glass production line at it’s existing factory in Dąbrowa Górnicza. The new investment amounts to approximately €100 million with the annual capacity of the new manufacturing unit of 180,000 metric tons. Production is due to start in mid-2006. Automotive glass will be mainly sold in the Polish market while the glass for the construction industry will be sold in other Eastern Europe countries.
Sources
2 June 2005: PAIiIZ
3 September 2004: PAIiIZ
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Saint-Gobain, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 62065, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62065.
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