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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23.49 - Manufacture of other ceramic products
187 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Cookson, the British manufacturer of quality ceramics and other products, plans to expand its factory in Skawina, adding another two production lines at a cost of GBP 10 million. The two new lines at Skawina will take over the production duties of Cookson’s two British plants, in Goole and in Worksop, which – taken together – employ 187 people. The same number of new employees will be hired to work in Skawina.
Sources
3 August 2006: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Cookson, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 63858, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63858.
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