The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Wood And Of Products Of Wood And Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture Of Articles Of Straw And Plaiting Materials 16 - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 April 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Wilton Timber Products Poland will manufacture wooden windows and doors in Kamienna Góra (in the Kamiennogórska Special Economic Zone). The Irish company will invest 6 million PLN and initially will hire 54 persons for the new plant; employment will eventually rise to 200.
Sources
3 April 2007: Puls Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Wilton Timber Products Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 65205, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65205.
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