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Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 January 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Demant Holding, a Danish manufacturer and distributor of products and equipment designed to aid hearing, has announced that it is to create 300 new jobs by the end of 2008 now with the development of an hearing aid factory in Mierzyna by Szczecin. Demant Holding took over part of a building from another Danish company with which it cooperates, Sonion, and then set up production lines. Demant Holding employs 180 at its older Polish factory located in the environs of Szczecin.
Sources
15 January 2008: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Demant Holding, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66205, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66205.