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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 November 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
On 23 November 2010, 3M Poland announced plans to build a plant producing parts for diesel engines in Wrocław and employ 100 people. The company envisage the opening of the factory by June 2011. 3M is an American corporation, which produces over 55,000 products. The American company operates in more than 60 countries. 3M has been operating in Poland since 1991. The company has three plants and employs over 1,200 people in Poland. The current investment of 3M is the second in Wrocław - the first plant in Wrocław produces accessories for aerospace industry.
Sources
24 November 2010: Gazeta Wrocławska
23 December 2010: Gazeta Inwestor ()
Citation
Eurofound (2010), 3M, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 71281, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71281.
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