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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 October 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
On 20 October 2011, LG Electronics, a global electronics and telecommunications company, announced plans to hire 800 additional workers in 2012. Some 300 will be employed for the production of refrigerators and 500 for the production of washing machines.
LG Electronics in Biskupice Podgórne plans to increase the production and achieve numbers of 1 million household appliances in 2012 (today LG produces 400,000 household appliances).
Sources
20 October 2011: Gazeta Wrocławska
Citation
Eurofound (2011), LG Electronics, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 72633, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72633.
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