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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
7 October 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
On 7 October 2013, Polish producer of freight cars EKK Wagon (Europejskie Konsorcjum Kolejowe Wagon) announced plans to create 150 new jobs at its unit in Ostrów Wielkopolski. The job expansion is associated with two new contracts to supply around 400 freight cars. The company is to employ locksmiths, turners, welders and machinist millers.
Founded in 1920, EKK Wagon is one of the largest Polish companies engaged in the repair and delivery of new freight cars.
For previously reported restructuring event see EKK Wagon-PL2009.
Sources
7 October 2013: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Europejskie Konsorcjum Kolejowe Wagon (EKK Wagon), Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 76231, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76231.
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