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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.2 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 June 2014
Employment effect (start)
2 June 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish producer of railway rolling stock Pojazdy Szynowe PESA Bydgoszcz has announced that it will create 500 jobs at its unit in Bydgoszcz. According to the source, the company is looking to employ welders and locksmiths. The company plans to recruit experienced workers as well as graduates.
Pojazdy Szynowe PESA Bydgoszcz specialises in the construction, modernisation and repair of railway rolling stock. Currently, the company employs over 3,000 people in its Bydgoszcz unit.
The ERM previously reported on restructuring at the company in 2009.
Sources
2 June 2014: Strefa Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Pojazdy Szynowe PESA Bydgoszcz, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 77273, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77273.
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