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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 December 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Kirchhoff Polska Assembly is planning to expand its automotive components factory in Gliwice, hiring an additional 200 employees (to supplement the 150-strong staff already working there). Gliwice is Kirchhoff’s third Polish plant, after those in Mielec and in the Bumar-Labędy complex. These three establishments have a combined workforce of 800.
Sources
18 December 2006: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside (www.wnp.pl)
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Kirchhoff Polska Assembly, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 64664, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64664.
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