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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
31 March 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Intel, the American manufacurer of integrated circuits (including microprocessors, RAM and Flash memory units, microcontrollers, and perpheral systems for computers), operates a research and development centre in Gdańsk for which it is now planning to hire another 250 people (thus doubling its workforce). This move has been announced in response to growing demand for Intel products. Intel's annual Polish sales are roughly PLN 600 million; the company's global workforce approaches 100000 persons.
Sources
31 March 2006: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Intel, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 63271, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63271.
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