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 Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 December 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
ABB, the Swedish-Swiss multi-national energy group, has announced that it is to create 150 new jobs in Aleksandrów Åódzki with the development of a new site. The new site will produce electric motors, and the new jobs will be created by the end of 2011. ABB has operated in Poland since 1990 and employs 1,800 in Poland. ABB operates in almost 100 countries and employs 108,000 internationally.
Sources
17 December 2007: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside
Citation
Eurofound (2007), ABB, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66127, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66127.
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