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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Coke And Refined Petroleum Products Manufacture Of Coke And Refined Petroleum Products 19 - Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products
105 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 December 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Lotos Asfalt, a member of the Lotos group that manufactures fuel, lubricants, asphalt, and car care products, has announced that it is to create 105 new jobs with the development of a new plant in Jasło in the Tarnobrzeg Special Economic Area*. PLN 32 million will be invested in the construction of a tarred paper factory in the new site.
A Special Economic Area is a demarcated area within which companies may pursue business activity on preferential terms (for instance in terms of partial income tax exemptions or exemptions from the real estate tax). There are fifteen such special economic areas in Poland.
Sources
12 December 2007: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Lotos Asfalt, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66099, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66099.
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