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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.51 - Casting of iron
170 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 June 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
The Alstom Power metallurgical company has built a new cast iron foundry at its production facility in Elbląg. Activation of this new production line will entail hiring 170 new workers by late 2009. Cast elements produced by Alstom Power are used in turbines in Poland and around the world. Alstom Power's Polish workforce numbers a total of 3,000 persons at production facilities in Elbląg and Wrocław, at Alstom Power Contraction in Warsaw, and Alstom Konstal in Chorzów.
Sources
25 June 2009: Polska Agencja Prasowa Webside (www.wnp.pl)
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Alstom, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 69217, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69217.
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