Optical Disc Service

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion północno-zachodni; Zachodniopomorskie; Szczeciński
Location of affected unit(s)
Goleniów
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
26.7 - Manufacture of optical instruments, magnetic and optical media and photographic equipment
26.7 - Manufacture of optical instruments, magnetic and optical media and photographic equipment
2,500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
21 July 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2006
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009

Description

The German company Optical Disc Service plans to build a CD and DVD factory in Goleniów by Szczecin. The factory will employ over 2500 persons, half of them to be hired by the end of 2006. The total value of the investment will be in excess of PLN 250 million. The factory will be in full operation within three years; before the end of 2006, it will begin turning out DVDs from 11 production lines.

Sources

  • 21 July 2006: Rzeczpospolita

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Optical Disc Service, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 63821, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63821.