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Construction Specialised Construction Activities Specialised Construction Activities 43.39 - Other building completion and finishing
125 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 November 2015
Employment effect (start)
25 November 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish manufacturer of prefabricated structures Pekabex has announced that it will create up to 125 new jobs at its newly opened facility in Gdańsk. The company is looking for concreters, steel fixers, carpenters as well as designers and engineers. The factory specialises in the production of components for housing and it will provides its products mainly to customers on Scandinavian market. The investment is worth PLN 45mn (EUR 10.36mn USD 11.27mn). Pekabex was founded in 1972. Currently, the company has three production plants located in Poznań, Gdańsk and Bielsko-Biała.
Sources
25 November 2015: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Pekabex, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 86087, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86087.
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