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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 March 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Phoenix Contact, a German manufacturer of industrial electrical and electronic technology, has announced that it is to create 250 new jobs by enlarging its production plant in Nowy Tomyśl (in the Kostrzyńsko-Słubicka Special Economic Zone). The plant manufactures electrical and electronic device connections. The factory in Nowy Tomyśl has been operational for 13 years, and currently employs 600. The investment also involves the introduction of new technologies in inserting sleeves to clip collars of the electro mechanic connections, production of screws and galvanic coating. As of March 2008, there is no information as to when employment at the site will commence and when the new jobs will be created by.
Sources
26 March 2008: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Phoenix Contact, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66433, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66433.
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