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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 September 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2011
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
On 2 September 2010, LG Electronics announced that it will launch an assembly line in Biskupice Podgórne and create 500 new jobs by the end of 2011. The plant will produce washing machines. From 2012 there are plans to diversify and launch production of refrigerators. Over the next four years, the Korean based company will become the world's largest manufacturer of household appliances.
Sources
2 September 2010: Gazeta Wyborcza ()
Citation
Eurofound (2010), LG Electronics, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 71020, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71020.
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