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 (28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 September 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
After obtaining permission for an investment in the Katowice Special Economic Area, Famur now plans to expand and modernise its Katowice factory of mining equipment, buy new machines, and activate additional production lines. This business expansion will increase the current workforce of 505 by 100. The new jobs will be implemented by late 2009. Apart from equipment for underground mines and strip mines, Famur also produces equipment for oil and natural gas drilling, for railways, and cement production.
Sources
24 September 2008: Puls Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Famur, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 67164, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67164.
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