Drutex

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion północny; Pomorskie; Słupski
Location of affected unit(s)
Bytów
Sector
Manufacturing
(22 - 23) Manufacture of rubber, plastic and non-metallic minerals
22.2 - Manufacture of plastic products
22.2 - Manufacture of plastic products
700 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
25 January 2014
Employment effect (start)
31 March 2014
Foreseen end date

Description

On 25 January 2014, a PVC woodwork company Drutex announced its plans to create 700 jobs at its European centre of window and door woodwork in Bytów near Słupsk (the Pomorskie Voivodeship). The unit is expected to be operational in spring 2014.

It is also reported that the company has started recruiting, but that most of staff will be recruited in March and April 2014. Drutex will provide special trainings and workshops for the recruited staff.

The investment is worth approx. 200 mln PLN. Through this investment the company is to double its production capability.

Drutex, which was founded in 1985, is currently the biggest manufacturer of PVC woodwork in Europe. The company employs 1,840 people.

Sources

  • 25 January 2014: Strefa Biznesu

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Drutex, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 76547, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76547.