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 Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 April 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Outokumpu, a Finland-based stainless steel company, has announced that it is to create approximately 100 new jobs by opening a factory in Katowice, where it will manufacture stainless steel components. The company currently employs 8,000 workers in more than 30 countries. As of April 2008, there is no information on when either employment at the new factory will commence or the new jobs will be created by.
Sources
25 April 2008: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Outokumpu, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66552, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66552.
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