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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
7 February 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
On 7 February 2011, Winkelmann announced plans to build a new plant which will produce parts for engines in the Special Economic Zone of Legnica and employ 100 people. The company envisages the opening of the factory in the fall 2011. Winkelmann is a German corporation, which supplies products for the automotive industry. The company has been operating in the Special Economic Zone of Legnica since 2000. The company has five plants and employs over 1100 people in Legnica.
Sources
8 February 2011: Lca.pl
7 February 2011: Gazeta Wrocławska ()
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Winkelmann, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 71622, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71622.
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