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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 March 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
In early March 2007, the German company Karmann, the world’s largest producer of soft-tops, opened its first production plant in Poland, in Chorzów. The new facility will make production lines and systems for car roof factories. At present the Chorzów factory has a workforce of 90 people but recruitment is still underway and Karmann is going to hire approximately 100 more employees.
Eurofound (2007), Karmann, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 65108, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/65108.