AUO

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion północno-zachodni; Lubuskie; Gorzowski
Location of affected unit(s)
Gorzów Wielkopolski
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
2,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
20 September 2010
Employment effect (start)
20 September 2010
Foreseen end date
21 December 2013

Description

BriVictory Display Technology, a producer of desktop monitors and LCD TVs, will hire 2000 workers for a new LCD panel factory in Gorzów Wielkopolski by the end of 2013. The plant, named AUO, has already begun training newly-hired workers and the construction will be finished by November 2010.

BriVictory Display Technology Poland is currently a global leader in display production. The new plant is the second investment in Poland (TPV - the first plant has operated in Gorzów Wielkopolski since May 2008 and employs approximately 3,000 workers).

Sources

  • 20 September 2010: Gazeta Wyborcza ()

Citation

Eurofound (2010), AUO, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 70951, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/70951.