Solvay

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion północny; Kujawsko-pomorskie; Włocławski
Location of affected unit(s)
Włocławek
Sector
Manufacturing
(20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
20.5 - Manufacture of other chemical products
20.5 - Manufacture of other chemical products
100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
2 July 2015
Employment effect (start)
2 July 2015
Foreseen end date

Description

Belgian chemical company Solvay has announced that will create 100 jobs at its newly opened factory in Włocławek (Pomorska Special Economic Zone). The factory will provide shighly dispersible silica (HDS) for the clients from the CEE region. The company has invested EUR 75mn (USD 84 mn). Currently, Solvay has nine sites over the world and employs about 26,000 people in 52 countries.

Sources

  • 2 July 2015: Strefa Biznesu
  • 2 July 2015: Gazeta Wyborcza

Citation

Eurofound (2015), Solvay, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 84393, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/84393.