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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31 - Manufacture of furniture
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 November 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
Elfa Manufacturing, a manufacturer of storage components and furniture, is to hire 140 people at its factory in Koszalin (the Słupsk Special Economic Zone). The plant is expected to be opened in January 2012. The plant will produce metal and wood furniture and storage components. The company announced that it will look for employees in cooperation with the Poviat Employment Agency.
Elfa Group is a Swedish-based company founded in 1948. The company has 5 factories and more than 10 sales outlets in Europe.
Sources
9 November 2011: Strefa Biznesu ()
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Elfa Manufacturing Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 72823, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72823.
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