Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Poludniowy; Slaskie; Centralny slaski
Location of affected unit(s)
Tychy
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles

1,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
10 January 2007
Employment effect (start)
31 July 2007
Foreseen end date

Description

Ford, the US-based car maker, has announced that it will build a PLN 820 million production plant for the Fiat 500 and Ford Ka subcompacts in Tychy. The new plant is to employ 1,000 people. The first Fiat 500 will roll off the Tychy assembly line in July 2007 and production of the Ford Ka will be launched in mid-2008.


Sources

  • 10 January 2007: Puls Biznesu

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Ford, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 64746, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64746.