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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20.59 - Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
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://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84393.
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