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Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 March 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2006
Description
The Indesit group of Italy, which presently operates two production facilities in the Łódź Special Economic Area, a stove factory and a refrigerator factory, wants to increase its output due to strong market growth. To this effect, it plans to hire 500 people for the two factories by the end of 2006, adding to a current workforce of 1600.
At the same time, Indesit is about to reach - within the next two months - a final decision concerning the location of its third Polish plant. It is expected that this new facility will have a target employment level of 1200. The company has not yet announced the type of white goods to be manufactured there.
Sources
29 March 2006: Puls Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Indesit, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 63263, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63263.