Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Polnocno-Zachodni; Wielkopolskie; Poznanski
Location of affected unit(s)
Środa Wielkopolska and Poznań
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment
30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment

320 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
26 November 2010
Employment effect (start)
26 November 2010
Foreseen end date

Description

On 26 November 2010 a bus, coach and trolleybus manufacturer Solaris Bus & Coach announced the expansion of its production and the creation of 320 jobs. The production of trams, which has already started, takes place in two Solaris plants. The first stage of production is in Środa Wielkopolska, where steel structures are produced and the second in Poznań, where trams are finally mounted. The opening of a new production line in the factory in Środa Wielkopolska resulted in the creation of 120 new jobs while in early December 200 new workers started a montage in plant in Poznań.

Solaris Bus & Coach is a family-owned business, which was founded in 1994 in Poland. The company supplies its products mainly to Polish and other European markets.


Sources

  • 26 November 2010: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł ()

Citation

Eurofound (2010), Solaris Bus & Coach, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 71278, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71278.