WSK PZL-Rzeszów

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion wschodni; Podkarpackie; Rzeszowski
Location of affected unit(s)
Rzeszów
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
30.3 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
30.32 - Manufacture of military air and spacecraft and related machinery
600 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
22 February 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007

Description

WSK Rzeszów, the largest aviation company in the Podkarpacie region (a subsidiary of the American group UTC), plans to hire 600 new employees in 2007, including at least 400 operators of numerical machine tools. Present employment at WSK Rzeszów is 4,500 persons, including 3,600 workers manning production lines for airplane engine components and making complete powerplants for the F-16 fighter. In 2006, WSK took on 300 new employees.

Sources

  • 22 February 2007: Rzeczpospolita

Citation

Eurofound (2007), WSK PZL-Rzeszów, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 64965, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/64965.