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Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 September 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2012
Foreseen end date
30 June 2012
Description
In September 2011 IFM Electronics, a German producer of sensors, announced plans to build a new factory as well as an research and engineering unit in Opole (the Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone). The recruitment of 300 people has already started and units are expected to be operational in June 2012.
Sources
30 September 2011: Gazeta Wyborcza
18 October 2011: 24 Opole
Citation
Eurofound (2011), IFM Electronics, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 72577, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72577.