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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
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 March 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
On 11 March 2011, Pilkington Automotive, a manufacturer of automobile windshields and windows, announced plans to build a new factory in Chmielów, in the Special Economic Zone of Tarnobrzeg. The company plans to employ 400 people and invest 350 million PLN (around 90 million EUR). The factory will start production in the second half of 2011.
Pilkington Automotive belongs to NSG Group, which has been operating in Poland since 1993. NSG has 11 units across Poland and employs approximately 1,800 workers.
Sources
11 March 2011: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł ()
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Pilkington Automotive, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 71727, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71727.
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