WSK PZL - Rzeszów

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion wschodni; Podkarpackie; Rzeszowski
Location of affected unit(s)
Rzeszów
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
30.3 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
30.32 - Manufacture of military air and spacecraft and related machinery
120 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
3 March 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009

Description

WSK PZL - Rzeszów (Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego PZL Rzeszów), a maker of components for the aircraft industry (including complete engines for the F-16), plans to cut its workforce by 120 persons (out of a total of 4,000) by the end of 2009. The company already made 100 employees redundant in 2008. Since 2002, WSK PZL - Rzeszów is a member of the United Technology Holdings group. WSK PZL - Rzeszów is part of the Aviation Valley, an area in south-eastern Poland with over 60 aviation companies which employ 20,000 persons.

Sources

  • 3 March 2009: Polska Agencja Prasowa (www.pap.pl)

Citation

Eurofound (2009), WSK PZL - Rzeszów, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 68417, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68417.