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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 October 2015
Employment effect (start)
13 October 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
Pilkington Automotive Poland, a manufacturer of automobile windshields and windows, announced the creation of 400 new jobs at its plant in Chmielów (Tarnobrzeg Special Economic Zone). The company has invested PLN 500mn (EUR 117.37mn USD 126.76mn) to expand the factory. This is the third stage of investments planned by NSG group in the period 2011-2015. In total, all stages of the investment will bring 1,500 jobs (800 on the first stage, 300 on the second, and 400 on the third). Pilkington Automotive belongs to NSG Group, which has been operating in Poland since 1993.
Sources
13 October 2015: Strefa Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Pilkington Automotive Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 85611, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/85611.
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