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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Wood And Of Products Of Wood And Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture Of Articles Of Straw And Plaiting Materials 16.21 - Manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels
30 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 June 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Pfleiderer, one of Europe’s top system providers for engineered wood products and melamine faced chipboard, as well as for leading edge rail track sleeper technology, will build a new plant in Grajewo (Podlaskie). The company has invested circa 90 million in the factory that will manufacture HDF and MDF Boards.
According to the information of 23 October 2007, the company has opened the plant on 19 September 2007 and employed 170 workers.
Sources
23 October 2007: Suwalska Special Economic Zone Webside
29 June 2005: The Chancellery of the Prime Minister (www.ssse.com.pl)
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Pfleiderer, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 62105, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62105.
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